[oletrucks] need advice

["John Howard" <johnhoward37@sympatico.ca>]

I recently installed a ballast resistor ...supposedly this will save my
points from burning out...I changed over from 6 volt to 12 volt..
Here is my questions.

1.  I was told that if I purchased a 12 volt coil with a
    internal resistor built in then I would not need this inline resistor?
2.  This resistor that I installed looks awful flimsy  and seems
     very light duty...Can any one suggest any thing heavier?
     Do they frequently burn out?
                        thanks in advance...john

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