[TR] Connecting red wire on Pertronix

[Wayne Lee]

Hi Guy's,
      When I did my 75 TR6 over to Pertronix I did scrap the Ballast system 
which necessitated changing my Coil. I put a Lucas Sports Coil in and moved 
the white and yellow wire(if I remember correctly) (the feed) from the 
starter relay to a spare terminal on the fusebox.

Wayne Lee
Douglas,MA
58 TR3
64 TR4
75 TR6


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randall" <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: [TR] Connecting red wire on Pertronix


>> I would add... I don't remember the year of the auto we are
>> discussing...
>> but if it has a "ballast resister", take it out and trash it
>> as electronic ignitions need a full 12 volt supply...
>
> Well, yeah ... except that with a Pertronix, if the coil originally needed
> an external ballast, it still does.  If you just remove the ballast, then
> the coil & Pertronix unit will overheat.  And, since this is a late TR6, 
> the
> ballast is part of the wiring harness, which is kind of needed for other
> things.
>
> But getting a full 12v to the Pertronix is exactly why John is looking for 
> a
> source of switched 12v.
>
> Randall