Re: [oletrucks] External Coil Resistor

[Bill Bailey <billb@gamewood.net>]

>
>The purpose of the resistor, is to allow the full 12 volts for cranking,
>then it cuts the voltage down to conserve the points.  Now, as I said, I
>could be wrong, but this is the way it was explained to me, and made sense
>then and now.
>

Yep, that's the way I understood it to be too.
Bill Bailey
57 Chevy 3100
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