A 12v coil will run hotter than a 6v with loom ballast as with the latter
half of the energy is being dissipated in the loom and only half in the
coil. Coils do get pretty hot, but not so hot that you can't keep a hand on
them. Unless you turn on the ignition, don't start it, and then forget to
switch the ignition off. That *is* too hot to hold, and not good for coil
or points. As long as the coil primary measures no less than 2.4 ohms you
just connect the +ve to the white at the fusebox and the -ve to the points.
PaulH.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Gorr" <sgorr2@comcast.net>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: White-Pink wire meltdown? follow-up
> . The next day I got a 12 v universal
> Accel coil at Pep Boys and installed it bypassing both the starter lead
and
> the melted ballast wire. Seems to run great, but I noticed the coil feels
> almost as hot as the original one did. Am I headed towards a coil failure?
> Do I need to wire this differently?
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