 Mallory 6AL Box, How warm should they get? |
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| Allan |
 Nov 10 2007, 09:08 PM
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Teenerless Weenie  Group: Members Posts: 8,373 Joined: 5-July 04 From: Western Mesopotamia Member No.: 2,304 Region Association: Southern California  |
I went and picked up my car from Mike D's place today and we noticed that the Mallory CD box was pretty warm after running the car. It wasn't so hot that you couldn't put you hand on it, but it was warm.
Do they normally generate heat? |
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| Aaron Cox |
Nov 10 2007, 09:10 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,542 Joined: 1-February 03 From: Corona, CA Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
the shape is an extruded 'heat sink' shape....
ive never actually felt mine, but i wouldnt doubt it gets warm. It is designed with a crap load of fins to help dissipate heat. drive it till it dies! |
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| Allan |
Nov 10 2007, 09:22 PM
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Teenerless Weenie Group: Members Posts: 8,373 Joined: 5-July 04 From: Western Mesopotamia Member No.: 2,304 Region Association: Southern California |
QUOTE(Aaron Cox @ Nov 10 2007, 07:10 PM)  drive it till it dies! Again??? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) |
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| Allan |
Nov 11 2007, 10:23 AM
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Teenerless Weenie Group: Members Posts: 8,373 Joined: 5-July 04 From: Western Mesopotamia Member No.: 2,304 Region Association: Southern California |
Anybody?
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| SLITS |
Nov 11 2007, 10:42 AM
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"This Utah shit is HARSH!" Group: Benefactors Posts: 13,602 Joined: 22-February 04 From: SoCal Mountains ... Member No.: 1,696 Region Association: None  |
It's gonna get warm ..... it's an electronic component .... have you ever put your hand on a coil after running for a while?
My Bosch unit gets warm .... why should your glorified CDI unit be any different? And yes, I am Anybody! |
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| Thack |
Nov 11 2007, 11:04 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 283 Joined: 1-June 05 From: Houston, Tx Member No.: 4,182 |
I had one on a '82 RX-7 and it got hotter than I thought it would. Remember it's taking 12 volts and turning into 20,000 or so. Put your hand on a transformer and let us know how hot it is. It's a similar function. Step up or step down voltage.
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| Twystd1 |
Nov 11 2007, 04:07 PM
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You don't want to know... really..... Group: Members Posts: 2,515 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Newport Beach, California Member No.: 2,743 |
An analog MSD box will get hot enough that you can't touch it for more than a half a second or so. IN A RACE CAR.
Don't know about the digital Mallory box. Clayton |
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| Brando |
Nov 11 2007, 04:24 PM
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BUY MY SPARE KIDNEY!!! Group: Members Posts: 3,935 Joined: 29-August 04 From: Santa Ana, CA Member No.: 2,648 Region Association: Southern California |
Should get pretty warm in the scorching summer.
Why would you want to touch any high-voltage electrical component? Hand-held IR meter works best. I think in the manual they list an operating temp and max before damage is done to the box components inside. |
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