What gauge wire to Buzz coils?

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What gauge wire to Buzz coils?

Post by WayneJ » Sun Jul 04, 2021 11:44 am

I use a small 12 volt battery to Buzz my coils:
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What gauge wire should I use between the battery and the coil box on a 1915 non starter car?
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Re: What gauge wire to Buzz coils?

Post by speedytinc » Sun Jul 04, 2021 12:04 pm

#14 should be plenty. Coil only pulls 1.2 amps
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Re: What gauge wire to Buzz coils?

Post by WayneJ » Sun Jul 04, 2021 9:00 pm

Thank you!
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Re: What gauge wire to Buzz coils?

Post by MKossor » Mon Jul 05, 2021 7:38 am

Clarification; coils typically draw a peak current of about 6 Amperes when spark fires. The average current is much lower because the coil points get pulled open periodically by the resulting magnetic field, interrupting the flow of current, which causes the spark to fire, lowering the average coil current over time.
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