Well, I'll say this: "Mine is wired that way and it's been working well for 4
years"!
Joe
George Richardson wrote:
>
> I know what the manual says, but it's wrong. Why would you wire it
> directly to +12 for units without resistors and to the varying voltage
> on the other side of the resistor on units with one? The ignition module
> should have a steady +12V in.
>
> Joe Curry wrote:
> >
> > George, what you say is incorrect according to the Crane manual. It says
>to connect the red wire to the Coil + terminal and the Yellow wire to the
> > COil - terminal.
> >
> > Joe Curry
> >
> > George Richardson wrote:
> > >
> > > Two things here:
> > >
> > > First, use the MSD resistor. Don't worry about what Crane says.
> > >
> > > Second, the Crane should be wired to take it's voltage from the vehicle
> > > power source, *NOT* the positive side of a coil that's wired to a
> > > resistor. Move the Crane positive wire to the positive side of the
> > > resistor.
> > >
> > > I've put a Crane XR700 on my resistor equipped Stag, red wire to
> > > resistor positive (away from coil), yellow wire to coil negative side,
> > > and black wire to chassis ground.
> > >
> OT be sent.
>
> --
> George Richardson
> Wyvern - '57 Triumph TR3, TS15559LT -
> http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
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