Ballast resistor

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Ballast resistor

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oldcarmark	Posted 15 Years Ago
Supercharged Group: Forum Members Last Active: Last Month Posts: 3.7K, Visits: 32.6K	I just checked the voltage on my ballast resistor.With key on and motor not running I have the same voltage in(12.6) as what comes out and feeds the coil.Should it not be 9.6 approx on the output side?I thought these resistors simply quit working altogether and the voltage would be zero comming out if they went bad?
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Ballast resistor By oldcarmark ( 15 Years Ago )

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