Ballast Resistor

["John Hofstetter" <hofs@domain.elided>]

Along this line, the MSD tech rep told me that I should put in the
ballast resistor and just leave it, because the MSD unit didn't object
to it, and if the MSD failed, my Mallory Unilite distributor was going
to need it to fire the coil directly. 
So, I did what he told me and put the resistor in. 
John H. 
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From: owner-ihc-digest@domain.elided (ihc-digest)
To: ihc-digest@domain.elided
Subject: ihc-digest V6 #785
Date: Wed, Apr 28, 1999, 3:25 PM


*HOWEVER*, if the MSD fails and you need to drop back to JUST the
Pertronix, do you not *then* run the risk of frying the Pertronix (or
otherwise realizing a malfunction) because you would be using the
Pertronix with the Blaster coil?

Just pointing out that your "back up wiring strategy" for field-fixes
might include a ballast resistor..

- -Tom