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Re: Just what does a sport coil do?

To: "Charles & Peggy Robinson" <ccrobins@ktc.com>
Subject: Re: Just what does a sport coil do?
From: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 10:07:02 -0000
Aaaargh!  What is inside a coil is completely immaterial, it is either a 12v
coil that doesn't need an external ballast or a 6v coil which does (on an
MGB at any rate), and the difference is in the primary resistance.  Talk of
internal ballast only causes confusion.  I have opened up a dead 12v Lucas
coil from a 60s BL car just out of interest and found nothing inside but
miles of wire on a core.  Which isn't to say that 12v coils from other
sources or eras are the same.

PaulH.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles & Peggy Robinson" <ccrobins@ktc.com>
To: "Tim Holt" <holtt@nacse.org>
Cc: "Telewest (PH)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: Just what does a sport coil do?


> Presumably, it's internally
> ballasted like the stock coil, or has one hell of a lot of wire in the
> primary.




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