RE: hornet wire wanted

["Savage, Pete" <PSavage@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Frank,

I hate to disagree with you, but placing a resistor in-line any electrical circuit
will always reduce voltage, whether the resistor is hot or cold!

The reason you need a voltage reduction to the coil in historical.  When cars had
6 volt systems coils were designed for 6 volts.  With the advent of 12 volt car electrical systems
there was a need to reduce the voltage to the coil from 12 to 6 volts and as such ballast resistors and
resistor wires were invented.

When a car is cold and starts the ballast resistor is bypassed and a full 12 volts are made
available to the coil to aid in a hotter initial spark for starting.

later
Peter


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Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 7:50 AM
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Subject: re: hornet wire wanted

Eddie, www.amcgremlin.com blanks out the e-mail address in messages, so
please forward this to Hornetracr!

The wire he needs is the resistance wire. It's pretty generic -- it can
be found on the electrical isle of any auto parts store. It will be
marked "resistance wire" and may or may not have the ohms, and may not
be pink. An alternative is to use a ballast resistor. They range from
1.1K-1.5K ohms. Value shouldn't make much difference as long as it's in
that range. All resistance wires/ballast resistors are designed to cut
voltage to 6V until they warm up, then they will pass 12V. The actual
resistance just means it will warm a little faster or slower (1.1K will
warm a little faster than 1.5K). We're only talking seconds difference,
so it shouldn't make a difference in the exact value, but I bet 1.35K is
a common value.

Frank Swygert