At 20:14 10/16/2000, Dana Morphew wrote: >The coil on the type RV Digifant2 engine I just bought had a secondary >resistance of 7500 ohms...more than double what it ought to have. I'm >wondering if this can cause enough heating to cause a fire? *Typically* that would cause less overall heating (but maybe a point heat-source depending on the cause) -- without actually knowing, I would surmise that troubles in the primary winding would be more likely to overheat the coil. d David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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