James Charles Ruwaldt wrote:
>
> Just out of curiosity, why would there be constant voltage to the coil
> when the car's off? Isn't that how gasoline engines are typically shut
> off, by opening the circuit?
> Jim Ruwaldt
> '72 TR6 CC79338U
> Bloomington, IN
>
> On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, George Richardson wrote:
>
> > If you've got constant voltage to the coil, with no resistor in place,
> > I'd expect you'd be seeing a current draw when the car is off. This
> > would be a sometimes type of thing, depending on the position of the
> > distributor when the engine stops turning.
> >
> > Such a constant current *might* fry a coil, but I'm don't think it
> > should. The coil should be made to take such conditions. Doesn't mean it
> > was though.
> >
> > --
> > George Richardson
> > '57 TR3, TS15559L
> > (getting ready to paint - and now on the web!)
> > http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
> >
That's what I thought was meant by unswitched power to the coil. That is
what was said in the message I replied to.
However, now that you've said that, I realize that if it really is
unswitched power to the coil, the engine just wouldn't shut off.
--
George Richardson
'57 TR3, TS15559L
(getting ready to paint - and now on the web!)
http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
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