<VV> coil voltage/resistor

[Ramon Rodriguez III]

Heh, sorry about that typo... an 11,000 RPM Corvair engine would be
something!

Alright, I guess I probably am barking up the wrong tree again... I just
can't figure out what is going on!

Ray R.

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Joel McGregor <joelsplace at earthling.net>wrote:

> 11000 rpm idle!  Wow.
> My '63 convertible has battery voltage at the coil and so does my '63
> Greenbrier.  I wouldn't have known but I checked it when I took the points
> out to install Pertronix ignitions. My '63 is still using the wire with the
> braided cover which should be a resistor wire.
> Joel McGregor
> ________________________________________
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org [virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org]
> On Behalf Of Ramon Rodriguez III [corvairgrymm at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 6:01 PM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> coil voltage/resistor
>
> Hello all,
>
>     I'm still struggling with the 63 and I've got a question for you.  I'm
> suspicious that the coil has been overheating so I checked voltage at the
> coil with the engine running.  (Because I haven't got things right yet it's
> idling at around 1000-11000 rpm).
> I found that the voltage at the coil was in the 13's.  I went and dug out a
> ballast resistor that the FLAPS sold me a long time ago when I bought a
> coil for a Corvair and installed it in the wire just before it connects to
> the coil.... I think I've got a wiring issue here but we'll talk about that
> later.  With the ballast resistor in line before the coil I'm still getting
> around 12v flat at the coil while the engine is running at 1000-1100 rpm.
> I checked voltage drop accross the ballast resistor and it read 1.3.  Is
> this acceptable voltage?  I really thought it was supposed to be around 9
> or 10?




-- 
Ray "Grymm" Rodriguez
Lake Ariel, PA