Just out of curiosity, why would there be constant voltage to the coil
when the car's off? Isn't that how gasoline engines are typically shut
off, by opening the circuit?
Jim Ruwaldt
'72 TR6 CC79338U
Bloomington, IN
On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, George Richardson wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> George Richardson
> '57 TR3, TS15559L
> (getting ready to paint - and now on the web!)
> http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
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