I have also been running the Crane 700 with a Lucas Sport coil on my Stag
and have had no ill effects.
Larry Miceli
Gold Coast Triumph Club
Pompano Beach, Florida
'73 Stag
'66 Herald
On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 18:28:01 EDT DANMAS@aol.com writes:
>
>In a message dated 7/14/99 5:03:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>kehrlich@dyax.com writes:
>
>> Take a look at cranes website cranecams.com. I would have thought
>that
>> too, but they state that the high power coils should not be used
>with
>> the 700 and also that the 700 should be used with a ballasted
>system.
>
>Kieth,
>
>The only restriction on which coil to use is the amount of current
>that it
>draws - excessive current can damage the electronics inside the unit -
>and
>the amount of current that it draws depends on the resistance of the
>coil
>(internal resistance or an external ballast resister). Crane can't
>know all
>the possible coils that are out there and may be used with their
>module, so
>they CTA with generic statements (or at least I think that is their
>reason).
>
>To be sure, get a copy of their instruction sheets (a current set,
>mine are
>outdated) and see what the minimum required coil resistance is. I seem
>to
>remember it's 2.5 ohms or so, but someone on the list with a recently
>
>purchased Crane unit can correct me if I'm wrong.
>
>The Lucas sports coil I have on my car has 2.6 ohms resistance, so it
>is
>perfectly suited for the Crane module, and meets Cranes requirements
>for
>compatiblilty.
>
>Dan Masters,
>Alcoa, TN
>
>'71 TR6---------3000mile/year driver, fully restored
>'71 TR6---------undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8 insertion
>- see:
> http://members.aol.com/danmas/
>'74 MGBGT---3000mile/year driver, original condition - slated for a V8
>soon
>'68 MGBGT---organ donor for the '74
Larry Miceli
Gold Coast Triumph Club
Pompano Beach, Florida
'73 Stag
'66 Herald
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