<VV> Ignitor II update

[Bill Elliott]

You and I will have to agree to disagree over wiring an Ignitor I to a 
ballasted source (virtually all Ignitor I failures seem to be due to 
either abuse or undervoltage)... but the Ignitor I clearly states (in 
all literature from the past several years anyway) that it is designed 
to be wired to 12V, NOT a ballasted source.

The Ignitor II had the first instructions I've seen (again, in many many 
years) that allowed an Ignitor to be wired to a ballasted source. I also 
know the Ignitor II is protected against the same sort of abuse that 
would kill an Ignitor I; I would assume that it's also very likely 
protected against low voltage failures... probably by turning off.

Anyway, the usual failure mode (stumbling, etc)  of the Ignitor I was 
not at a low voltage at idle, but at a high ignition load.

As far as the wiring not being up to par, this isn't in a Corvair and 
it's not a tired resistor wire or bad connections. The wiring is fine to 
the ballast resistor (showing virtually no drop through the switch) and 
at idle (where this event was occurring) the (10SI) alternator is pretty 
much out of the system and it's running at battery voltage, meaning any 
load can drag it down somewhat. How would you recommend fixing that?

Bill

corvairs wrote:

> And everything you say may very well be true. Now the question is - Is 
> this because the Ignitor MUST be wired to a straight 12 volts or is it 
> because your electrical system is marginal?
>
> Again, in my case, 450,00+ (conservative) miles of 7 different 
> Corvairs all with the Ignitor I wired to the coil - simple. never any 
> problems.
>
> I don't make more money by telling people to wire to thier coil. It 
> doesn't hurt me personally if they choose to go to all the extra 
> trouble to go straight to 12 volts. Both work, but the easy way only 
> works if your final threshold voltage at the Ignitor is minimum or 
> better. If it isn't, rather than re-engineering your wiring, why not 
> just fix it?   Lon
>
> www.corvairunderground.com
>
> "Where have all the Corvair owners gone?"
>


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