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EVfun 
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 Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2025 12:58 pm Post subject: Re: Beru coil |
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| Sorry for delay - life got in the way. I managed to find my multimeter to test the coil. Had a bit of trouble as the leads needed to be pressed hard into the meter before I could get a consistent reading. I will probably replace the meter. Anyway not having done this before I looked it up on youtube (what did we do before?). The first thing it said to do was find the resistance for the meter itself and this showed 0.5 Then the figure I got for the coil was 1.8 which makes an overall resistance of 1.3 Is this close enough to the 1.5 which has been suggested above? |
I would run it. The worst that can happen is somewhat reduced point life.
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Ovally
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2025 9:15 pm Post subject: Re: Beru coil |
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Here are measurements of some German Bosch 6V coils done by "tasb". Anything between about 1.2 ohms and 1.5 ohms is fine.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2755056
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phil60
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| Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2025 8:45 am Post subject: Re: Beru coil |
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| That's great - many thanks. I'll give it a go and keep an eye on the points. |
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