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Ballast resistor #998130 01/09/2014 8:22 PM
Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 246 gilbert,az S sal moreno Shop Shark
sal moreno Shop Shark S Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 246 gilbert,az	I have a 1953 chevy truck that is converted to 12 volts..I'm not sure why I have to use a ballast resistor on a 12 volt coil ? Shouldn't it run just fine with a direct 12 volt wire straight to the coil since the truck is all 12 volts ?

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Ballast resistor	sal moreno	01/09/2014 8:22 PM
Re: Ballast resistor	tclederman	01/09/2014 8:39 PM
Re: Ballast resistor	Steve_H	01/09/2014 11:01 PM
Re: Ballast resistor	tclederman	01/09/2014 11:32 PM
Re: Ballast resistor	Hotrod Lincoln	01/10/2014 12:18 AM
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Re: Ballast resistor	DavidF	01/10/2014 4:02 PM
Re: Ballast resistor	lefty1	01/10/2014 8:06 PM
Re: Ballast resistor	Brad Allen	01/10/2014 5:10 PM
Re: Ballast resistor	Hotrod Lincoln	01/10/2014 6:05 PM
Re: Ballast resistor	tclederman	01/10/2014 9:54 PM
Re: Ballast resistor	Cletis	01/10/2014 9:10 PM
Re: Ballast resistor	Steve_H	01/10/2014 9:17 PM
Re: Ballast resistor	sal moreno	12/01/2014 6:57 AM
Re: Ballast resistor	Hotrod Lincoln	12/02/2014 4:26 AM
Re: Ballast resistor	Brad Allen	01/10/2014 9:38 PM
Re: Ballast resistor	truckernix	01/11/2014 1:32 PM
Re: Ballast resistor	beltfed	01/11/2014 4:29 PM
Re: Ballast resistor	tclederman	01/11/2014 4:51 PM
Re: Ballast resistor	Brad Allen	01/11/2014 5:38 PM
Re: Ballast resistor	baldeagle	01/11/2014 5:49 PM
Re: Ballast resistor	CASO	01/11/2014 6:22 PM
Re: Ballast resistor	52Carl	01/12/2014 12:40 AM
Re: Ballast resistor	tclederman	01/12/2014 2:36 AM
Re: Ballast resistor	DavidF	01/12/2014 4:01 PM
Re: Ballast resistor	Hotrod Lincoln	01/12/2014 4:45 PM
Re: Ballast resistor	capnduane	01/12/2014 4:42 PM
Re: Ballast resistor	capnduane	01/12/2014 5:30 PM
Re: Ballast resistor	truckernix	01/12/2014 8:14 PM
Re: Ballast resistor	capnduane	01/12/2014 10:32 PM
Re: Ballast resistor	Steve_H	01/13/2014 8:51 PM
Re: Ballast resistor	beltfed	01/15/2014 12:35 AM
Re: Ballast resistor	Flxible	01/15/2014 2:28 AM
Re: Ballast resistor	Steve_H	01/16/2014 7:37 AM
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