Gee Paul,
Sorry you're confused. (BG)
Cheers,
CR
Telewest (PH) wrote:
> 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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