Not many have an "original" that still works but I believe (don't quote me on
this -you
can check it with a voltmeter) most coil balast resistors reduce voltage to
about
8-volts. Mallory can give one the skinny on the proper voltage. I do know
that 12
volts will disable the the sensor pick-up and they are about $80.00...I once
hit a wall in
an old 63 galaxie (converted to a modern 70 SCJ 429 with an uniilite as the
ignition
unit) and my ignition switch failed. I was drunk and in sort of a hurry so I
hot wired
the coil. Next time the Unilite was operable was after I replaced the pick-up
sensor in
a fibreglass Cobra replica..........
Anyways-pretty much bullit proof if the input voltage is kept under 8-volts or
so...
Hope this ramble was helpful-Chris
On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Ken Tisdale <ktisdale@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>Does the original ballast resistor work just fine, or does one have to
>change the resistor? If so, what new resistance is needed?
>
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