Re: AC/DC (was Pertronix perplexia)

[George Richardson <gprtech@ix.netcom.com>]

If you've got constant voltage to the coil, with no resistor in place,
I'd expect you'd be seeing a current draw when the car is off. This
would be a sometimes type of thing, depending on the position of the
distributor when the engine stops turning.

Such a constant current *might* fry a coil, but I'm don't think it
should. The coil should be made to take such conditions. Doesn't mean it
was though.

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George Richardson
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