Team,
Just bought a Merc O Tronic 98 in an attempt to get better with electrical diagnosis. This thing should show me coil health and, condenser health. In my restorations however, I usually have to convert to new coils and, new condensers. Question is, how do I appropriately size a condenser to a coil? Is there a math equation I should learn? Is it a trial and error thing? Is there a tried and true condenser I could use for everything less than 5hp? I think one of the issues I’m having is a spark shortcoming as a result of mismatched components. Any help here is appreciated. Currently this is all a mystery.
I have pondered, but never have heard an answer to your question of
coil to condenser “match”. Best to just keep it as “simple” as possible.
If you’re using OMC Universal coils in your swaps, jut use the condensers
with the correct MFD’s intended for those coils.
There are charts someone put together with many examples showing
“what” outboards used “what” condenser mfd ratings.
Do you have those?
Prepare to be boarded!
