I have had the same problem with my newly installed Pertronix system on my Series
2 Alpine. I also thought it was the battery but charged it with no problem. My
coil does not have a ballast resistor on it or if it does it is installed
internally. Please advise. Brent Kasl
Karl Gilchrist wrote:
> Jarrid
>
> Thanks for the information re coils the Pertronix and the need for a ballast
> resistor on my Series V. I recieved the pertronix today (Thanks Curt). The
> litrature with it says that the coil should have a resistance of at least 3
> ohms . My coil is non original and by my meter has a resistance of about 3.6
> Ohms. I therefore installed it without a ballast resistor. As every one has
> said very easy installation and I think it does run better. However one tiny
> glitch- will start well from rest but if I attempt to re-start it soon (less
> than 1 min) after switch off it behaves like the battery is flat ie very
> laboured starter motor turn over for first few turns then fires ok. Leave it
> for a minute after switch of and it restarts sweetly. What gives? Battery is
> new. Earth strap ok
>
> Is this a symptom of low voltage or do still I need an external ballast
> resistor.
>
> Thanks
> Karl
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