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
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'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"