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- From: skk@gsg.pa.dec.com (Stuart Kreitman)
- Subject: Coil impedance ?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug21.172655.5614@PA.dec.com>
- Sender: news@PA.dec.com (News)
- Reply-To: skk@gsg.pa.dec.com (Stuart Kreitman)
- Organization: DEC Western Software Laboratory
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 17:26:55 GMT
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- My question relates to a BMW motorcycle's electronic ignition system.
-
- The bmw has a separate coil for each sparc^Hk plug. Sometimes these
- 2 coils are molded into one unit, but on my model, they are 2 separate
- coils. A few years back I installed a "dual plug" setup which includes
- 2 dual coils, one pair of coils/spark plugs on each cylinder.
- The setup also has a dyna "ignition amplifier", a sealed box that
- probably contains a transformer. Its mounted for good airflow.
- Within weeks, the ignition trigger unit mysteriously broke. The
- dealer and I had a hard time tracing it. He felt it was heat related.
- I removed the dual coils, but kept the amplifier for a few seasons.
- I'm interested in retrying the setup, but discovered a puzzling factoid.
-
- The Haynes describes troubleshooting by checking the resistence
- of the coil.
- I don't remember the exact values, but its something
- like 0.7 ohms for 2 single coils or 1.3 ohms for 1 dual coil.
- Since the 2 single coils are wired in series, the desired
- resistence is ~1.4 in either case.
-
- It turns out each of my nifty dual coils are stamped with "1.5",
- which probably indicates its resistence.
- Wired in series, this would add up to a resistence of 3.0, no?
- Perhaps the d.c.'s should have the same rating as the single
- coils they replace. Could this error be the culprit of the
- earlier damage?
-
- tia!
- Stuart Kreitman
-