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Re: Ignitr lunchtime update

To: jbonina@nectech.com
Subject: Re: Ignitr lunchtime update
From: Martin Libhart <mlibhart@feist.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 14:44:15 -0600
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <00182D29.003125@nectech.com>
Jeff:

The resistance reading doesn't sound right on your coil - most any coil has
more internal resistance than that, I believe.  Usually runs 1.5 or so, or in
the case of a Lucas Sport Coil, may be as high as 3.0.  Are you sure of your
reading??

Martin Libhart
1972 TR6

jbonina@nectech.com wrote:

>      First, I hope I'm not boring you folks with my problem. Here is what I
>      found at lunch with the meter.
>
>      The battery reads 12.88 volts (non-cranking).
>
>      With all the leads to the coil removed, except the spark plug wires,
>      and the meter on the negative and positive terminal, there measure
>      .001 ohms resistance; virtually none. I was under the assumption my
>      '73 had a ballast resistor.
>
>      I checked the voltage from the + side of the coil to the - side of the
>      battery with the key on and it was only 6v. Is this a problem?
>
>      Did I fry the Ignitor? Say it ain't so? Or, (hopefully), did my
>      battery die coincidentally?
>
>
>      Jeff
>      No car, 80 degrees (bummer)




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