Hi Doug: I talked with Pertronix about a year ago regarding the Ignitor II
for my Series 200 Griffith.
When I talked with their Tech person, he was telling me that he could not
assure the Ignitor II would work at 6 volts; he recommended trying to get
as close to 12 volts as possible.
I believe there are different voltage requirements for the Ignitor vs. the
Ignitor II, so I recommend that you call Pertronix to be sure about what
you need for primary voltage.
Also, if you or the other Tiger guys use the Ignitor II, be certain to use
radio resistance spark plug wires. I checked this with the Pertronix Tech
guy (again) and he said it is a real requirement . The reason is that the
micro-controller chip can be disrupted with the EMI pulses from solid core
plug wires and therefore you must use radio resistance wires.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Don Antilla
On 6/6/13 6:48 PM, "Douglas Lyle" <douglasalyle@yahoo.com> wrote:
>The Pertronix will operate fine until it dips below 6 volts.
>
>Doug Lyle
>________________________________
> From: Lynn <cars@wt-inc.com>
>To: 'Jerry Mo
>Christopherson' <JCMC2006@suddenlink.net>; 'Tiger Man'
><tigerman67@hotmail.com>; tigers@autox.team.net
>Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2013
>3:34 PM
>Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tiger charging normally until you turn
>headlights on
>
>
>That was going to be my suggestion as well
>
>-----Original
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>On Behalf Of Jerry Mo Christopherson
>Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 4:21 PM
>To: 'Tiger Man'; tigers@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tiger charging normally until you turn headlights on
>I'm pretty sure the Pertronix needs a solid 12 volts. If you are
>discharging
>with lights on you may not be getting full 12 to the ignition.
>
>Jerry
>Christopherson
>9473187
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:
>tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net]
>On Behalf
>Of Tiger Man
>Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 4:59 PM
>To: tigers@autox.team.net
>Subject: [Tigers] Tiger charging normally until you turn headlights on
>
>Hi
>all,
>
>I thought I would mention this one to the list, make sure I am going in
>the
>right direction. If I start my tiger and run the RPM's up, My amp meter
>shows about a 5 Amp charge (until the battery is charged back up). If I
>turn
>my headlights on (with the RPM's up) it shows about a 3 Amp discharge.
>The
>other interesting side effect is while driving around with the
>headlights on,
>the car cuts out dramatically but momentarily... like the
>Pertronix ign module
>is browning out or something?
>
>Anyway, since it charges at all, I assume that
>means that the generator
>works, and that I should go look at the Voltage
>regulator first, and if that
>checks out, then move on to check the generator.
>I think I still have a
>used spare generator on the shelf. Will the local
>parts houses even know
>how to test those correctly anymore if I bring one down
>to them.
>
>Its been alot of years since I have had to work on a generator
>problem, so
>thought I would try to do the research on them. I did run across
>the
>comment about polarity/charge on the charging system, especially one that
>has sat
>around for a while. I had forgotten or never knew that, but since I
>am
>getting charge from my current system, I am more concerned with that on
>any
>generator I might have sitting on the shelf.
>
>Just thought it was odd that a
>discharge condition would cause the Pertronix
>module to brown out
>occasionally. Wanted to make sure that I shouldn't be
>looking at lighting
>system draw to ensure that don't have something weird
>that is actually causing
>a massive draw and just maxing out the
>Generator/regulator.
>
>Thanks,
>Steve
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