Re: [ihc] RE: Relaying George's power

[John Hofstetter <hofs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jul 23, 2004, at 8:08 AM, Jim Grammer wrote:

> OTOH, the hot side of the remote solenoid is as good as it gets for 
> voltage,
> excepting straight to the battery. I would recommend going straight to 
> the
> battery, but MAD says that's a no-no ;)
Yes, that's a nice extra benefit of doing the Ford solenoid conversion. 
Gives you a really handy place to pick up power for whatever.

I use that terminal for always-on power, and I have made a junction 
"block" at the + side of the coil for ignition-on power.

The advantage I have over George, as I understand his situation, is 
that with my MSD ignition the only coil voltage I have comes through 
the ballast resistor. The MSD doesn't care if the voltage is reduced or 
not.

Clarifying, I intercept the wire to the + side of the coil, have a 
junction block there, and then one of the leads from that junction goes 
through the ballast resistor and into the coil.

John

John Hofstetter
Ol' Saline
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