12hp briggs coil problem

kirch86 · 04-28-2009, 04:05 PM

I have a 12hp briggs vertical shaft engine I just put into a lawn mower. every time I try to connect the coil I blow the inline fuse. I have a 15 amp fuse installed. I am guessing I have a grounding issue??? I tried to bypass the fuse and hardwire it and it smoked the coil so I know something is definately not right. Any ideas on what is going on? thanks.

k2skier · 04-28-2009, 04:11 PM

No voltage is supposed to go to the coil.

kirch86 · 04-28-2009, 04:18 PM

ok, where is the electrical connector supposed to hook up to on the coil? Thanks for the quick reply

**wrench97** · 04-28-2009, 04:32 PM

Usually it is a wire that grounds the coil to turn the motor off.

04-28-2009, 04:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
kirch86 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2 OS: vista	12hp briggs coil problem I have a 12hp briggs vertical shaft engine I just put into a lawn mower. every time I try to connect the coil I blow the inline fuse. I have a 15 amp fuse installed. I am guessing I have a grounding issue??? I tried to bypass the fuse and hardwire it and it smoked the coil so I know something is definately not right. Any ideas on what is going on? thanks.

04-28-2009, 04:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
k2skier Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oregon Posts: 313 OS: XP Home-SP3 My System	Re: 12hp briggs coil problem No voltage is supposed to go to the coil.

04-28-2009, 04:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
kirch86 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2 OS: vista	Re: 12hp briggs coil problem ok, where is the electrical connector supposed to hook up to on the coil? Thanks for the quick reply

04-28-2009, 04:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,579 OS: Win7	Re: 12hp briggs coil problem Usually it is a wire that grounds the coil to turn the motor off. __________________ Power Supply and Selection