05-25-2013, 03:11 PM | #1 |
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Coil
Switching from 6 v to 12 v I have been told you need to get eiother a 12v coil with a built in resistor or a new coil and add a ballast resistor or just add a ballast resistor. My thought is all that is necessary is to just add a ballast resistor what say you?
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05-25-2013, 03:16 PM | #2 |
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Re: Coil
Ballast resistor. Check out Bubba's post on coil help, very informative.
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05-25-2013, 04:08 PM | #3 |
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Re: Coil
You can use your present coil but will have to use a resistor. I used a new 3.0 OHM coil with my 12 volt conversion. The 3.0 OHM coil is internally resisted and will need no external resistor.
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05-25-2013, 08:06 PM | #4 |
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If you also go to negative ground, you need to swap the wires that hook up to the posts on the coil.
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