Originally Posted by Hotwheelsjr
Originally Posted by 6PakBee
Interesting, I wouldn't have seen that coming. Congrats on identifying and solving the problem. up


Yeah, me neither. I was checking voltages and noticed on the coil side of the ballast my voltage was like 9v, but 11+ on the other side. I pulled the wire going to the coil and voltage came up to 11+, so I knew at that point something wasn't right with that coil. I read somewhere some aftermarket coils are wound differently to create more voltage, but at the cost of causing more of a amp draw. So, I threw a stock coil on and it runs great now...


That's exactly how your new coil will act as well.

You have two issues. 11v at the feed side of the ballast is way low.

Your aftermarket coil may have been designed to run WITHOUT a ballast so you were more than underfeeding it if you ran a ballast as well.