[AT] B&S coil

[Recentjester at aol.com]

sometimes heating a coil up will drive the moisture out low oven setting or 
 solar oven.  All lawnboy coils have this problem sooner or later
 
 
In a message dated 7/1/2012 12:17:59 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
charliehill at embarqmail.com writes:

Dean I  just read online that it's between 2500 and 5000 ohms for a BS  
Coil.
http://www.briggsandstratton.com/support/frequently-asked-questions/Ignition
%20System%20Theory%20and%20Testing/
The  article was talking about the later version of B&S ignition but those  
numbers sound about right based on what I read
while testing my tractor  coil a few weeks ago.

Charlie
-----Original Message----- 
From:  Dean VP
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 12:16 PM
To: 'Antique tractor email  discussion group'
Subject: Re: [AT] B&S coil

Don,

It  takes a pretty good ohm meter to measure the resistance of a coil.  It  
might be
somewhere from less than 1 ohm to 2 or three ohms. Inexpensive  ohm meters 
do 
not measure
low resistance very well or very  accurately.  Also it is important to zero 
the meter first
before  measuring by shorting the leads on the lowest ohm measuring scale.

Dean  VP
Snohomish, WA

"Do not go where the path may lead; go instead  where there is no path and 
leave a trail."
- Ralph Waldo  Emerson


-----Original Message-----
From:  at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com  
[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]
On Behalf Of Don  Bowen
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 8:57 AM
To: Antique tractor email  discussion group
Subject: [AT] B&S coil

I have a mid 70s 10 hp  B&S I am trying to start.  There is no spark so I 
cleaned  the
points but no joy.  I am measuring a short to ground through the  coil.  I 
do 
not totally
trust the meter so what should the  resistance through the coil be?

-- 
Don Bowen        KI6DIU
http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html

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