Side Coil And Distributor Wiring Diagram
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Side coil and distributor wiring diagram. The connection is accomplished through a cap and rotor. They usually required only three wires. The ignition coil is the part of your engine that produces high voltage in order to power your cylinders. Battery ignition using external coil.
The negative side of the coil goes to the distributor. The other goes to the distributor which is ground when the points close. The rotor has a metal strip on the top that is in constant contact with the center terminal of the distributor cap. These coils had very simple wiring.
The red wire goes to the posside of coil and the black wire goes to the negside the wire coming from the key switch is connected to the posside of the coil alsoyou have to have power to the coil for the distributor to work. If you have connected it this way and also connected the coil to battery the coil will be constantly drawing current and will overheat and also flatten the battery. If so the power from the ignition switch goes there thats the primary side of the coil. Sometimes substituted for a failed magneto coil ignition system.
The ignition coil connects to the rotor and the rotor spins around inside the cap. Hey dood diagram attached for wiring of points dizzy and coil with ballast resistor. The coil does not go direct to earth. The coil wire goes from the coil directly to the center of the distributor cap.
Look at the top of the coil closely by the 2 small terminals there will be plus and minus signs. If its a generic coil and has and posts then the post is the primary side of the coil winding power goes to it. How to properly connect this type of coil to your engine. Go here for more in depth info.
These coils are also filled with oil for temperature control. The distributor is what gets that high voltage from the coil to the right cylinder. The coils which are the basis for ignition coils and alternators have very specific electronic. This video concentrates on coils from an electronic point of view and reading wiring diagrams.
Go turn on the ignition switch with a volt meter find the wire with power it goes to the plus side of the coil.