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RE: Ignition coil goes BOOM!!! Why?

Subject: RE: Ignition coil goes BOOM!!! Why?
From: Randall Young <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 16:04:35 -0800
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
>From what I've seen, the effect varies.  Some engines are indeed very
difficult to start with the coil polarity reversed (especially when combined
with other factors like cold weather), others don't seem to care.  It might
also depend on things like spark plug construction.

Randall

> Randall
>
> Could you be a little more difinitive about "not run as well".
>
> Would it affect starting ability?
>
> Thanks,  Barry  (Milwaukee)
>
> Randall Young wrote:
>
> > > Is this what happens if you connect the coil with the
> polarity reversed?
> >
> > Nah, running the coil with the connections reversed won't
> damage anything,
> > it just makes the engine not run as well as it might otherwise.  I know
> > people that have run their cars this way for years.

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