Will my capri work with a non ballast coil if I have a balla

haydn_gnarlerboy · Post by **haydn_gnarlerboy** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:32 pm

I thought mine did have one but I ordered a capri coil and got a 3ohm one designed for use without a ballast resistor- surely it wouldnt run right? but it's been on there a few months now and hasnt caused any problems/poor running. Only noticed tonight...Steal not my pictures else thou shalt incur my displeasure.....Haydn Barker

Terra-Kotta · Post by **Terra-Kotta** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:56 pm

it does burn the points out pretty quick.

if you are on leccy ignition its a 12v coil and no ballast should be used.

Post by **Beakster** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:54 pm

Yo Haydn,

You got aldon/pertronix ignition. I remember reading your post from when you fitted it.

Run a wire from the bullet connector socket at the head light relay to the + on the coil. That will give you a switched 12V feed without any ballast resistor.

-JC- · Post by **-JC-** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:53 pm

I did what beakster said, and it works fine on mine.

JC|2 LITRE LASER AUTOMATIC|STRATOS SILVER

interstellar_overdrive · Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:33 am

3ohm coil with the ballast, lumenition ignition => no problem, works fine.

One thing I see would be that we now have a total resistance of 4.5 ohms approximately. That should increase the time constant of the whole and make it bigger. This should reduce the coil's charge during dwell time, no?

Also, I think 12V or not is subjective since what ever the applied voltage is, it's the time to discharge that will make this "back-voltage" on the primary more or less high, and as this time depends on the total resistance (the smallest=>the fastest=>the more the points wearing), I think we should even have less bad effects with our total 4.5 ohms instead of 3...
Of course it wouldn't be the case if it was a 1.5 ohm coil without the ballast...

in my opinion, Haydn and me got a coil that is not used to its optimum performances. It would be better if we had the 3 ohms total resistance, like normal...

I was thinking loud and I'm even not sure about the ballast's value, please correct me if I'm wrong...

Eric

haydn_gnarlerboy · Post by **haydn_gnarlerboy** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 5:51 pm

didnt remeber what you'd said to do but it's running and rev counter is working now, funnily enough the starter motor spade connector doesnt seem to be connected ot anything now but if it's not plugged into the starter car won't go....unless it's just the same colour as the lead that used to go to the coil...who knows....Steal not my pictures else thou shalt incur my displeasure.....Haydn Barker

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Will my capri work with a non ballast coil if I have a balla

Will my capri work with a non ballast coil if I have a balla

If its a 12V coil and you are using points....

Re: Will my capri work with a non ballast coil if I have a balla

Re: Will my capri work with a non ballast coil if I have a balla

same here

thanks for that- rewired from the switched supply in the car