[Fot] Mallory condenser problems

[Bill Babcock]

There's nothing magic about the Mallory condensors (capacitors)--anything will
work just as well. Condensers ideally are matched to the coil and ballast
resistor, the distributor type doesn't matter except that dual point distys
have really long dwell so the coil gets well saturated.

I haven't had much problem with my mallory capacitors, but it's probably for
two reasons--I run straight battery so my system runs at lower voltage, and I
have a ballast resistor permanently wired in place.

The condensors have to handle about 400 volts, that's what the voltage may
climb to when the points open and the magnetic flux collapses.

-----Original Message-----
From: fot-bounces+billb=bnj.com at autox.team.net on behalf of Robert Lang
Sent: Thu 9/13/2007 12:51 PM
To: TeriAnn Wakeman
Cc: Friends of Triumph
Subject: Re: [Fot] Mallory condenser problems

Hi,

Last time I bought some of the Mallory 400 condensers, the packaging
listed the rating of the part, I think it's .28 microfarads.

I know that NAPA has replacement condensors that look the same (same can,
same connector) but have a blue wire, not orange like the Mallory. The
NAPA part works, but I never stress tested to make sure that they work
exactly the same as the Mallory part.

I think the alternate replacement part is for a Jeep, but I could be
wrong. It was def. a "drop-in" replacement.

regards,
rml
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