If you're burning points that fast CHANGE THE CONDENSER! It's there to protect the points as they open, to prevent a big flash from the induced voltage as the coil magnetic field collapses. A 12 volt system can induce as much as 100 volts into the primary circuit as it's generating several thousand volts in the secondary winding to fire the spark plug. That flashes a big arc across the points as soon as they open if the condenser isn't doing its job. The condenser is supposed to shunt that voltage spike away from the points while they're getting far enough open not to arc. The condenser discharges itself in the time the points are opening and reclosing in a fraction of a second, but vitally important to good point life.
Jerry

Edit: if you're not running a ballast resistor in the primary circuit, that can and will burn the points in short order, also.
Jerry


Last edited by Hotrod Lincoln; 04/17/2010 2:50 PM.
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