People,I have odd questions involving the 8N's ignition coil. I did a “Froogle” price search for ignition coils and the coil used on 8Ns came up as being the most inexpensive coil that fits my needs. I get the impression it is one of those parts that has been made right so long, the price has leveled out low as there is still a steady demand for them. I’m going to see if I can build high voltage power supplies using them, as they are inexpensive and I would assume rugged. One use of the power supplies will be, I kid you not, to charge a fusion reactor;>Link What I hope someone can tell me are the parameters for the coil, especially the henries and dc resistance and windings ratio of the secondary and primary windings, and the highest hertz the coil can be driven at efficiently. I could buy and test the coil my self, but I’m hoping a techno-savvy tractor restorer could tell me something I might not figure out on my own. At around $15 each, if one coil is not enough to handle the power I intend to pump through them, I can run them in parallel and get better performance per $ than if I purchased one expensive coil from a high performance car parts place. Another issue I have is if the coils are still being made, like I would assume, or if my experiments might create a demand for a finite resource that should really be used to restore or maintain older engines. If my plans for an inexpensive high voltage power supply work out, I intend to publish them on the Net. Roderick "Rod" Sprague
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