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Re: Determining voltage of coil?

To: s1500@comcast.net, spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Determining voltage of coil?
From: doug@dougbraun.com
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 16:58:37 -0400
Here is the official data on the coils:

MK III:   Lucas #5195    3.1 to 3.5 ohms
MK IV:  Lucas #45232   1.43 to 1.58 ohms
1500:   Lucas #45243   1.30 to 1.45 ohms

As you can see, a 6-volt ballasted coil has a lower primary resistance.
BTW, to accurately measure these low resistance values, you need a decent 
digital meter.


Doug Braun
'72 Spit

At 06:41 PM 6/1/2006 +0000, s1500@comcast.net wrote:
>The coil in my Spit has no label whatsoever on it, and the packaging is long 
>gone. Is there a way to tell with a voltmeter,etc to see if it's a 6 volt or 
>12 volt coil? 
>
>--


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