Re: Mike's 53 Clipper

Posted by Packard Don On 2017/11/4 13:21:06

A coil is basically a transformer which requires a buildup and drop of current to do anything. Transformers generally require AC which builds up positive, then reverses to build up negative and so forth. On a distributor it is done with DC by turning on and off the current by way of the points in the distributor which effectively does the same thing but, as DC, has one direction only. Sorry mean NW can correct me if I'm wrong but I'm not sure that connecting a coil backwards would really make any difference as it's just a matter of opening and closing the ground and I can think of nothing inside a coil where that would matter. It's basically a coil of wire inside with a switch (the distributor) turning the power off and on but the polarity of the battery and which side is ground would determine the direction of electrical flow.