Ballast Resistor

[John Hofstetter <hofs@domain.elided>]

Digesters,
Here's a piece of information that only John L. will put away and ever 
use. The ballast resistors on Scout II's is specified to be from 1.77 
ohms to 1.87 ohms. At Dan N.'s suggestion, I looked at a diagram in a 
Motor Manual for an electronic ignition that IH used at one time, and the 
ballast was .68 ohms, but the numbers above are for the points 
distributor. 

Got the number from my parts guy who a few months ago told me that rotors 
never have built in resistors. Nah, he's a great guy, and these numbers 
are right.

I didn't ask him if all ballast resistors have the same resistance, I 
assume they don't. 
John H.


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