In a message dated 7/3/99 6:18:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
jonmac@ndirect.co.uk writes:
> expect electricians far more learned
> than me might be able to shoot holes in this background story but I
remember
> it well on a product training session when these BR's first came in on
> production.
John,
You're close! The ballast resister only alows 6 volts to get to the coil
when the engine is running, but when the key is turned to start, the ballast
resister is switched out of the circuit and the full 12 volts is applied. For
more details on this, see:
http://www.vtr.org/maintain/ballast.html
Dan Masters,
Alcoa, TN
'71 TR6---------3000mile/year driver, fully restored
'71 TR6---------undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8 insertion - see:
http://members.aol.com/danmas/
'74 MGBGT---3000mile/year driver, original condition - slated for a V8 soon
'68 MGBGT---organ donor for the '74
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