ZN1300 Plug Wires

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ZN1300 Plug Wires

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Troubleshooting a charging issue and came across this spark-plug wire spec in the ZN1300 Supplementary manual .

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WTF? I've never seen different specs for individual wires before. I guess that explains why the plug wires/ boots are a molded set and why they each have their own part numbers.
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Each one is a different length
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Me Again wrote: Sun Oct 24, 2021 6:57 pm Each one is a different length
Interesting. Since the longer, outer, wires are, in round figures, twice as long as the shorter, inner, wires, it would make sense the resistance is twice as much - implying the spark plug caps are not the 'resistor type' which is something I've been wondering about as I'm planning on replacing my wire/caps. 6k Ohms seems a bit low for the outer plug wires which are about a foot long - typical modern spark plug wire resistance is about 10 ~12 k Ohms per foot.
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