Coil Tester

I always interested in test equipment and i found this photo from one of the website in google. From the photo it is written as Arrow coil tester but internet search did not reveal any result. I’m not sure what type of coil it can test but most probably this coil tester is meant for the automobile ignition coil  (by looking at the thick probes). Well, if you are creative enough you can use it to test on variety of coils which include coils in the consumer electronics. If you have any info on this coil tester please give your comment below-thanks!

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   beh

   September 4, 2010 at 10:49 pm

   HI JESTINE

   plz tell me what is written on the window of meter? is this coil tester testing ohms ? or volts? and in which range?
   tnx
   beh

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   admin

   September 5, 2010 at 10:31 am

   HI Beh,

   Actually i also need to find out but no details about this meter.

   Jestine

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   beh

   September 5, 2010 at 11:15 am

   HI JESTINE

   this is not meger or insulation tester this is like dc volt meter why?:
   1- one of the prob is red that must connect to + side of coil
   2- another one is black must be connect to - negative side
   3- also i can see on the range of meter 5 10 15 and from 20 up to 30
   indicated that is green and good voltage
   this must be voltmeter
   thanx
   beh

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   admin

   September 6, 2010 at 10:29 am

   HI Beh,

   It cannot be a voltmeter because in front already printed "Coil Tester"

   Jestine

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   beh

   September 6, 2010 at 1:08 pm

   ok this test the voltages of coil under operation and indicate that
   best voltage is between 20up to 30 in green zone this must be specialized for special coil with specific voltages should not be
   car because car working with 12 volts but bigger cars have bigger working voltages or may be is good for some sort of electronics
   in navy or military
   beh

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   admin

   September 6, 2010 at 9:56 pm

   HI Beh,

   You got a point!

   Jestine

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   sean

   March 21, 2011 at 1:31 pm

   Hello,

   I have this meter! It is for testing how good the ignition coil is. It is part of a kit for testing pre electronic car ignition. Kit includes dwell meter and timing strobe. I have lost the instructions on how to use it.

   Sean

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   admin

   March 22, 2011 at 9:09 am

   HI Sean,

   Thanks and did you use it to test on coils in flyback, transformer and yoke coils? Is it accurate?

   Jestine

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   Les Jones

   April 11, 2022 at 8:56 am

   Yes they were used for multi cylinder automotive engines pre CDI as the gauge only goes to 30 Kilovolts. You need to connect the positive (red) lead to the ignition coil and the negative lead to the other side and the test probe you would touch the exposed connection on the lead to the distributor and crank the engine over to obtain a reading. Any reading over 15 Kilovolts is Ok.
   You could also touch each of the spark plug ends while engine running to compare the Kilovolts required to fire each cylinders mixture as well as diagnosing a coil lead problem for that cylinder.

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