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<p>I can't imagine why one would go bad in the boot; I hope the
spare I carry hasn't gone bad :( (Question: how do you know it's
dead?). It's just a Hall Effect sensor and a power transistor
AFAIK. I'll take a SWAG, but I haven't tried this myself:<br>
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<p>The original Ignitor was essentially electronic points; i.e. a
switch. IIRC, the module has two leads going to it; Pertronix has
simple schematics on their site. One of the leads is power-- (-)
for a pos. gnd. version--and the other is the lead to the coil
primary. If you put the distributor in a vice, grounded the
distributor case to a power source, wired a light bulb or
voltmeter to the Ignitor output lead and grounded it to the power
source, applied power to the power lead and rotated the
distributor the light (or voltmeter) would register current
flowing or not as you rotate<br>
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<p>Make sure you have some sort of load--bulb or voltmeter--on the
Ignitor output at all times; else you have a dead short which
could damage the Ignitor. I think Pertronix specifies a minimun
load of an ohm or two for Ignitor ones.<br>
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<p>Bob<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/30/2019 4:21 PM,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You may have read my mail about coils.
Probably gave up half way through and so wouldn’t have reached
a question at its end.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">During all this saga, I thought that I
might swap my 123Ignition distributor with my spare Lucas plus
PerTronix which I always carried in the boot. (I take it that
an electronic ignition is either 100% alive or 100% dead).
But, I was trying everything.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So, the wretched thing is dead as a Dodo.
It wasn’t when it went into the (dry) boot; worked well.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Question:- can one bench test a PerTronix?
Within or without a distributor. I mean bench test at home,
not in a fancy lab.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It’s an Ignitor not an Ignitor II.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I can see myself putting points back
in…..hey ho.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Simon<o:p></o:p></p>
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