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40cpe · 11-05-2020, 07:56 PM

Resting battery voltage was 12.3v. With key on, points closed battery read 12.1V. The 5v at the coil was taken using a cheap analog meter and a digital meter. So the capacitor could be responsible for the 11V reading at the distributor terminal? What would be the desirable reading?

11-05-2020, 07:56 PM	#5
40cpe Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Star, MS Posts: 4,024	Re: Voltage to points Resting battery voltage was 12.3v. With key on, points closed battery read 12.1V. The 5v at the coil was taken using a cheap analog meter and a digital meter. So the capacitor could be responsible for the 11V reading at the distributor terminal? What would be the desirable reading?