Posted by fixerupper on January 29, 2016 at 06:07:47 from (100.42.83.79):
In Reply to: coil fire posted by DIM on January 29, 2016 at 03:56:16:
I have seen a coil blow up from leaving the ignition on. When I was going to farm mechanics school a couple of my classmates were trying to get a practice engine started when break time came. When they took off for the break room they forgot to cut the power to the coil and when they came back from break and hit the starter the coil went bang. A cloud of smoke went up to the ceiling and everyone jumped. When the smoke cleared the guts of the coil were half way out of the can. It made a darned good display of the insides of a coil. It was a 6 volt tar filled coil with 12v hooked up to it if I remember right. Come to think of it that was 45 years ago. I can still see that blue mushroom cloud headed for the ceiling.
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