Doug,
I think you have that backwards. An umballasted coil will need an
external resistor to bring the total resistance to what a ballasted coil
has. I just measured two coils. The Lucas (ballasted) one has 3.7 ohms
and the Accel (unballasted) one has just at 2 ohms.
Joe
Douglas Braun wrote:
>
> A ballasted coil has LESS resistance than a regular one.
> Bentley sez about 1.5 ohms for the ballasted coil, and
> 2.5 to 3 ohms for a regular one.
>
> Doug Braun
> '72 Spit
>
> At 12:29 PM 12/2/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >Sorry bout the last post - brain fade - It should have read -
> >I dont happen to have my reference material handy but Im sure that one of
> >you on the list has the info handy What is the relative resistance of a
> >ballasted coil vs. a non ballasted one I need to use a ballast coil and
> >want to make sure the one I have is the correct one
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