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#1070928 12/01/2014 1:46 AM
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I have a 53 chevy truck with a 12 v system and I was wondering how much voltage should I have coming out of the other side of the ballast resitor ?

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about 9V

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"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
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I'm getting about 5.58 volts , why so low ?

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Hy sal moreno, if you just turn the key on and the points are closed the resistor will start to heat up, the hotter it gets the more resistance there will be, hope that helps.


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