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Re: ballast resister voltage drop - electrical guru needed

To: George Richardson <gprtech@frontiernet.net>
Subject: Re: ballast resister voltage drop - electrical guru needed
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 09:37:37 -0700
Cc: aribert <aribert@c3net.net>, triumph list <triumphs@autox.team.net>
References: <3B4979C2.420783FA@c3net.net> <3B49AF7B.A588181C@frontiernet.net> <3B49C828.5173EE8B@gte.net> <3B49CDA0.21EDAFEC@frontiernet.net>
Well, I'll say this:  "Mine is wired that way and it's been working well for 4 
years"!

Joe

George Richardson wrote:
> 
> I know what the manual says, but it's wrong. Why would you wire it
> directly to +12 for units without resistors and to the varying voltage
> on the other side of the resistor on units with one? The ignition module
> should have a steady +12V in.
> 
> Joe Curry wrote:
> >
> > George, what you say is incorrect according to the Crane manual.  It says 
>to connect the red wire to the Coil + terminal and the Yellow wire to the
> > COil - terminal.
> >
> > Joe Curry
> >
> > George Richardson wrote:
> > >
> > > Two things here:
> > >
> > > First, use the MSD resistor. Don't worry about what Crane says.
> > >
> > > Second, the Crane should be wired to take it's voltage from the vehicle
> > > power source, *NOT* the positive side of a coil that's wired to a
> > > resistor. Move the Crane positive wire to the positive side of the
> > > resistor.
> > >
> > > I've put a Crane XR700 on my resistor equipped Stag, red wire to
> > > resistor positive (away from coil), yellow wire to coil negative side,
> > > and black wire to chassis ground.
> > >
> OT be sent.
> 
> --
> George Richardson
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