Make sure the diode is beefy enough. You are going to be pulling
~ 6 Amps through it when the points are closed and there is
going to be a really ugly spike when the points first open and the
field starts to collapse in the coil.
-----Original Message-----
From: Perry Smith [mailto:perigrinefalcon@netscape.net]
Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 10:24 AM
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: [oletrucks] balance resistor
Hi all
Thanks for the responses, in reply to the question of replacing the
resistor,
yes, twice. What I have been able to determine since my last post is that
the
by-pass wire that I installed is allowing the resistance in the solenoid
coil
to pull down the voltage to less than 1.5 volts (I still have a closed
circut
through the primary terminal and the low voltage side of the resistor). Not
enough to power the coil. I am now looking at installing a diode in the
by-pass wire, electricity flows only one way thru a diode. If that dosn't do
the trick then its out with the old and in with the new, providing there's
enough clearance with the firewall.
Perry Smith
'58 GMC Fleetside
Phoenix, Arizona
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