Re: voltage problem

Posted by PackardV8 On 2012/3/15 17:24:30

Quote:
"distributor rotor had such a high voltage it melted the plastic in the cap."

I'd sure like to see a pic of the melted area of the cap. It's not clear to me what makes u think the rotor got so hot to melt the cap. Does that mean the cap is melted IN THE TOP CENTRE of the cap????? Quite frankly it is nearly impossible for the rotor to do that.


POssible causes of distributor HOUSING to get so hot it melts something (but not the way described above):

Wire INSIDE of distributor that connects to points is frayed insulation and touching metal of dist housing. BUT pegging the ammeter implies the COIL is shorted AND a bad distributor wire. Otherwise a good coil only draws about 3 amps. 3 amps not enuf to melt as described. ***** Maybe it's a 6volt coil on a 12v conversion?????? ****