Yes DEFINITELY. I can verify that at least the smoke goes up!
Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barrie Robinson" <barrier@bconnex.net>
To: "Larry Hoy" <larryhoy@prodigy.net>; "British Sportscar Center"
<Lawrie@britcars.com>
Cc: "MG" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 2:55 PM
Subject: RE: Coil orientation
> Come on chaps - any fool knows that electricity does not flow down, it
> floats up. Haven't you seen it escaping just before your wiring harness
> begins to burn?
>
>
> At 12:24 PM 2/17/01 -0700, Larry Hoy wrote:
> >Lawrie Alexander wrote:
> >
> > >A few years ago, I e-mailed another list to inquire if anyone knew why
coils
> > >were so often mounted upside-down. Someone with an electrical
engineering
> > >background replied that coils were oil-filled in order to provide
cooling
> > >and that the upside-down orientation was intended to ensure that there
was
> > >always oil around the contact end of the coil which, he said, was where
most
> > >of the internal heat was generated. Made sense to me (and I've only
once
> > >encountered a coil that leaked).
> >
> >Wrongo, oh great one, I thought everyone knew the coil mounts in a
> >downward postition so the electricty will flow out better ...
> >I'm ashamed of you Lawrie.
> >
> >Larry Hoy
>
>
>
> Regards
> Barrie Robinson
> barrier@bconnex.net
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