Thanks for the tip. Cheers for now.
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: I apologize for the delay in responding.
: I didn't notice your post.
:
: Our first electronic ignition was a
: Crane/Allison unit. While washing the
: engine one day I got water into the
: remote amplifier module (apparently its
: potting material had cracked and let
: water in) which killed the electronics.
: I replaced the Crane unit with
: Pertronix which is all under the dizzy
: cap and therefore better protected.
: That was at least 10 years ago and we
: have had no problems. The Crane unit
: had been working fine until I soaked it
: so it is fair to say it is also a good
: ignition system.
:
: While I have not had any problems with
: the Pertronix I have worked with them
: enough to pass along a warning. The
: original Pertronix design is sometimes
: referred to as "Ignitor-1".
: It is the most common. With Ignitor-1
: you must NOT turn on the ignition and
: leave the engine NOT running for more
: than about 3 minutes. The Ignitor-1
: module can overheat if coil current is
: flowing through it 100% of the time.
: I've seen numbers quoted at anywhere
: from 30 seconds to 5 minutes. A long
: time ago I called their tech support
: line to get their comments. I was
: advised 3 minutes was the safe cutoff.
: Keep that in mind should you ever be
: working on the car and have need to
: power the ignition system with the
: engine off. There is a tremendously
: easy work around. If you need the
: ignition on and engine off, simply
: unplug the Pertronix red wire on coil
: (+) until you need to power the
: ignition system.
:
: That's more information than you wanted
: but it's my experience in a nutshell.
: I have had no problems with the
: Pertronix in our GT6 and prefer it to
: the Crane/Allison unit for its
: concealed mounting.
:
: Doug L.
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: Thanks for the tip. I do enjoy futzing
: with points, but there is the practical
: side of things. How long have you used
: the Petronix? Super reliable?
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