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The OEM coils manufactured in HK are superior in quality to the cheap black coils purchased direct from HK on Ebay branded Zhongfadz. I have had good luck with the current production BRP / OEM coils. I have used quite a few of the Zhongfadz coils also. I have not yet experienced a failure with them, but I will say that it takes more flywheel RPM to make them spark. It is not easy to notice this on motors 10HP and under in most cases. I know they made my rope start RD-16 a real bear to start. I swapped them out for a set of German coils in that motor and it made a world of difference. I don’t mind the cheapies in small motors at all, but I like to use the OEM coils especially in my 18s and up. I have been running a 56 Evinrude Fastwin 15 with Zhongfadz coils in it for 2 summers now without issue. I do think it would be easier to start with OEM, but it isn’t difficult so I keep running them to see if they keep working.
-Ben
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