It depends. If the points are open, then yes, you should have
12V at the + side of the coil. If the points are closed the
balast resistor will drop the voltage to somewhere around 6V.
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On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Stephan Sochoux wrote:
> Hello,
>
> With the ignition key ON (engine OFF), shouldn't there
> be 12V at the + side of the coil ? For some reason i
> assumed so, yet that doesn't seem to be the case.
>
> Thx,
>
> stephan
> '69 2000
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