Doug, I think you have that backwards. An umballasted coil will need an external resistor to bring the total resistance to what a ballasted coil has. I just measured two coils. The Lucas (ballasted) one has 3.7 ohms and the Accel (unballasted) one has just at 2 ohms.
Joe Douglas Braun wrote: > > A ballasted coil has LESS resistance than a regular one. > Bentley sez about 1.5 ohms for the ballasted coil, and > 2.5 to 3 ohms for a regular one. > > Doug Braun > '72 Spit > > At 12:29 PM 12/2/02 -0500, you wrote: > >Sorry bout the last post - brain fade - It should have read - > >I dont happen to have my reference material handy but Im sure that one of > >you on the list has the info handy What is the relative resistance of a > >ballasted coil vs. a non ballasted one I need to use a ballast coil and > >want to make sure the one I have is the correct one /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
