After all these years I finally read about an extra starting circuit that increases the voltage to the coil during cranking. As mentioned above the cranking voltage will drop to 8-9 or 4-5 volts, depending on whether it is a 6 volt or 12 volt system.
Am I correct in thinking that this circuit only exists on 12 volt systems and bypasses the ballast resistor?
yes you are correct, became standard when the resistors started along with 12V .... but then the ballast res was replaced with internally resisted coils, so what does that say about the usefulness of added juice to coil at starting??
Bill
