Re: Maximum input voltage for "can" style (Lucas/Bosch) ignition coil (fwd)

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Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 15:57:28 -0700
From: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Maximum input voltage for "can" style (Lucas/Bosch)  ignition coil
    (fwd)

http://home.earthlink.net/~jimlux/hv/igncoil.htm has electrical parameters 
for conventional ignition coils and some HEI coils.

Typical primary L is around 5-8 mH


At 09:37 AM 8/17/2005, High Voltage list wrote:
>Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:22:22 +1200
>From: Malcolm Watts <m.j.watts@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: Maximum input voltage for "can" style (Lucas/Bosch) ignition coil
>     (fwd)
>
>On 16 Aug 2005, at 18:00, High Voltage list wrote:
>
> >
> > Malcolm wrote:
> > "Have you measured the primary inductance of the coil and calculated
> > the peak current that will be reached?"
> >
> > I know how to calculate the reactance of an inductor in an AC circuit,
> > but have to confess that I wouldn't know how to do this.
> >
> > Would you care to share the formula?