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Adding Resistor to Exterior Ballast Coil 444-544

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posted by  Sil on  Fri Mar 30 13:27 CST 2007
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Going through the Archives on this topic, I came away with the idea that if you want to bring a 1.5 ohm, 240 coil up to the ballast level of 3 ohm of the original coils that came with B18s in PVs and Amazons, you hang a 1.5 ohm resitor between the + and the - terminals on the coil. So, that's what I did, with the result that the resistor turned hot immediately, started smoking and the engine refused to start. Obviously I did something wrong: what? Yes, I know, I should get a Brazilian Bosch blue coil, but I'd still like to know why what I'm trying to do isn't working.
Bob S.






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