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Old 24-09-08, 13:44
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Originally Posted by Big D View Post
Gidday,

Voltage at the coil was 2.65volts on start up and then lowered to about 1.5 volts as the engine warmed up.



Darryl

Hi Darryl,

The volts at the resistor (and everywhere else!) should go up after the engine starts , not go down .. the gene should kick in and charge the battery at a nominal 7.4 volts or similar, depending on the regulator setting. Your volt readings make no sense ! Does the ammeter on the panel show a charge ?

Yes, a good idea to get another voltmeter and check it.

I know those 4.5 volt coils do behave strange.. I often had a almost dead flat battery and the motor would barely turn over... it would growl and just manage to get over a compression point... despite all of that, the motor would fire and start

Mike
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