Ed Anderson wrote:

The problem is the 0.3 ohm resistor in the base of the leading

ignition

module  is apparently inadequate to handle the continous high rpm

ignition

load hour after hour.  It appears to overheat and open up.  The fix is

to

install a resistor with a higher wattage rating.  I use a 10Watt

resistor

situated on the outside of the case( not enough room in the case for

the

larger wattaged size) and Tracy recommends a 25watt capacity.  I might
suggest wiring two ten watt sizes in parallel for the additional

redundancy.

If you wire two resistors in parallel, don't forget to double each

resistor's

value.  In this case, use two 0.6 ohm 10 watt resistors in parallel to

make one

0.3 ohm 20 watt load.

Russell Kent

Good point, Kent.  Forgot to mention that little fact.  Thanks

Ed

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