[TR] TR6 low tension wire

[DAVID MASSEY]

 Nah, they're too easy to make to keep.

 

Dave Massey


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com>
To: Triumphs (triumphs at autox.team.net) <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Mon, Oct 15, 2018 6:52 am
Subject: Re: [TR] TR6 low tension wire






On Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 9:40 AM DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at cs.com> wrote:


 Sure, it's easy to fabricate a zero resistance wire.  At least within the tolerance of the $10 DVM's H-F sells.  ;-)



If you don't have a drawer full of those that you got for free, you aren't doing it right.  


 



But seriously, through 72 the TR6 has a 12 Volt coil (internally ballasted) and there is no intentional resistance in the coil wiring.  From 73 onwards the used a 6V coil with a ballast wire,  But it is not the wire between the coil and distributor so in either case a plain copper wire is used.




It took me a long time to wrap my head around the way that system actually works.  I finally got it, but I've still never actually seen the ballast wire.  Back in the day, I sold plenty of ceramic resistors for Chryslers, but I assume the wire is buried in the harness somewhere?


Jeff Scarbrough
Corrosion Acres, Ga.


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