[Argess]

That's my next step. Being cheap, I'm looking around at what I have on hand, and if I can get improvement, then I can select and purchase a good new brand name coil.

Notes on coils:

I have a brand new Jacob's variable permeability coil (which I never understood as I always thought permeability was constant for a specific material). I am not going to use that because the engine would barely run with it when I tried it years ago. Plus it got very hot, very quickly. Jacob's help line was of "no help". I am not impressed with Jacob's stuff based on that experience.....$60 wasted.

I do have a Mercruiser coil which worked fine when I swapped it out. It had a bit of arcing at the tower, but that was bad wires. I changed both wires and coil as a failure in open ocean is not an enchanting experience. I just need to check to see if a ballast resistor is required for it before I hook it up.

You know, when you look up coils on Summit's web site, they often check the box that says the ballast resistor is "not included", however I suspect many of them don't actually use one, so it should say "not applicable". Some of the manufacturer's web sites are not clear on this point either. Some things still need a phone call to sort things out properly.