Re: Coil.... To Ballast or Not To Ballast....

["James Carpenter" <james.carpenter@jccsystems.swinternet.co.uk>]

>       Disconnect the current coil (which is probably gone anyways) and
>check the voltage from terminal to ground with the key on.  It should be
>around 8-9 volts dc.  When you crank the engine, it should read the full
>12-13 volts.  This indicates there is a ballast resistor or resistance wire
>in the system.  If it reads 12 volts all the time when the key is on then
>the coil was internally ballasted.


When the balst wire is taken off of any load then the voltage should be 12v,
only when connected to a load like the coil should it read 8-9 volts.