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Re: Shorted ignition coil mystery
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 3/12/2002 1 Reply

Yep - good explanation.

This coil is a transformer - so shorted secondary windings will reduce the inductance in the primary (the shorted turns in the secondary shunt the magnetic field) and you will see fast primary rise currents - but less secondary voltag... Login to read more.

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