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two positives to coil?

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:27 pm
by Arthurdaily
I have two wires going IN to my coil - one is obviously the ignition controlled positie, where would the other one be from? :roll:

Re: two positives to coil?

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:27 pm
by Arthurdaily
I have obviously looked in the manual, but it only shows one wire entering...

Re: two positives to coil?

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:46 pm
by lambrettalad
the other way of looking at it is where does it go to ? :D a 12 volt feed ?

Re: two positives to coil?

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 11:12 pm
by Arthurdaily
Hmn... never thought of that... is there anything that is SUPPOSED to run from the coil like that?

Re: two positives to coil?

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 11:39 pm
by chesney
Potentially remnants of a rev counter?

Re: two positives to coil?

Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 10:07 am
by Rob_Jennings
or a 'fix' when the original wire failed somewhere in the loom?

Re: two positives to coil?

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:24 am
by Sandun
negative wire come from distributor CB and positive wire SW[frame]Image[/frame]

Re: two positives to coil?

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 6:48 pm
by chrisryder
Does the car have electronic ignition fitted? These kits tend to have a second wire off the +ve to power the ignition unit.