Re: [T3] Pertronix update

[Bob Perring <perring@pdq.net>]

At 12:19 8/29/00, Henrik Larsson wrote:
> Is this car a 6V Type 3? If it is, tell us more!
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Car is a 1964 6VDC stock Notch  w/ 18,000 original miles.
All components are stock except windshield wipers, tires, battery, oil, 
gas, grease :-).

Prior to my ordering a recent Compufire module for my newly acquired 
second all stock 1970 Westfalia, I called the factory and asked if 
their module would work in a 6 VDC auto.

They said:
"On the record, No"
"Off the record, Maybe"
"It needs at least 5.?? VDC, (5.8+ VDC, as I recall).
During starting crank, the VDC may drop below this value, hence, a 
problem."
"During normal run, you are "maybe" gonna be OK"

Since I was ordering one anyway, when I got it, I tried it in the 6 VDC 
Notchback.
It works !

If my "experiment" had not worked, it would have been a simple matter 
to just easily hook a 6VDC  to 12VDC conversion module into the (coil) 
electrical system to power just the switching circuitry portion of the 
Compufire electronics for fully normal 12 VDC operation, while all else 
in the car could remain stock 6 VDC.

The 6 to12 VDC conversion modules are cheap, and readily available..... 
are even in the recent catalogues from J.C. Whitney.

Bob Perring
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