I assumed that "ballasted" meant "to be used with a ballast resistor", and "non-ballasted" meant "to be hooked directly to 12 volts".
Doug At 10:48 AM 12/2/02 -0700, Michael D. Porter wrote: >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. > >Umm, think that should be the other way round. The "ballast" is an >internal resistor in series with the coil winding, not parallel. The >object is to drop running voltage to about 6V to prevent point burning. >Same reason for using an external ballast resistor with a standard coil. /// [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.
