Posted by CASEBRO on Thursday, March 20, 2003 at 1:15AM :
In Reply to: Ballast Resistors posted by Bill Kerfoot on Wednesday, March 19, 2003 at 10:09PM :
Dual Ballast Resistors have 2 sides,a'start' side and a higher resistance 'run' side. When you hooked it 'upside down' you actually were hooking it up so the 2 sides were reversed, causing incorrect voltage when running- your symptoms were those of a bad coil.