Oh, yeah; now I've got it!
Looks like I'm looking for a 12v coil!!
Thanks to all that replied.
Geoff Branch
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Innis" <jdinnis@gmail.com>
To: "Geoff Branch" <gjbranch@comcast.net>
Cc: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: calling electrical engineers...
> It will probably overheat and burn up, as it will be dissapating FOUR
> TIMES as much power as it was designed for. Power = Current X
> Voltage. Current = Voltage / Resistance. So Voltage X Voltage /
> Resistance = Power. Ok so your six volt coil is probably about 1.5
> Ohms. And designed to run at 6 volts. It was intended to dissapate a
> modest 24 watts. If you up the voltage, without doing anything else,
> the coil will be running at 96 watts. Not good. So if you want to
> run a 6v coil, you need a ballast resistor that is about equal to the
> resistance of your coil.
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