OMC 584477 coils made in Hong Kong?

[crosbyman]

certainly possible for anything to fail but it would appear that in general these coils are fine. It would seem that BRP arrived at that same conclusion if they decided to outsource these things to HK .
jmho

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[wbeaton]

I think the cheap coils on eBay are seconds. Meaning they didn’t pass QAQC the first time. I’ve bought a few dozen of them now and find the build quality between coils to be inconsistent. They still work fine. I haven’t had any failures yet.

Wayne
Upper Canada Chapter

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[kirkp]

I haven’t bought any of these coils recently but have been considering it for use on non-OMC motors. I’ve noticed in pictures (and maybe read it somewhere) that some coils use epoxy or something to glue the winding to the laminates. This is in lieu of the metal tab that is bent over to hold the winding on. Is it possible to get these windings off or should I make sure to get coils with the metal retainer tab?
Thanks
Kirk

[wbeaton]

The Chinese coils are indeed epoxied to the laminates. You have to be careful pressing them off. I have used them for a number of coil swaps now and haven’t irreparably damaged any.

Wayne
Upper Canada Chapter

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[The Boat House]

• This reply was modified 3 years, 1 month ago by The Boat House.

[wbeaton]

I bought the black Chinese coils. Tubs’ link didn’t work for me. I’d be interested in coils that weren’t epoxied.

Wayne
Upper Canada Chapter

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[seakaye12]

wbeaton wrote:

I bought the black Chinese coils. Tubs’ link didn’t work for me. I’d be interested in coils that weren’t epoxied.

The link Tubs posted worked for me; the ebay item number is

361504731938

You can search that way if the link does not function for you. The e-bay seller is Doug Russel.

[kirkp]

Thanks Tubs. They only have the one picture so wasn’t sure.
Kirk

[wbeaton]

Thanks, seakaye12. I’ve seen those coils before. They are too expensive for me once you add exchange and shipping. The last round of black coils I bought were $10 USD each with free shipping.

Wayne
Upper Canada Chapter

uccaomci.com

[fisherman6]

The OEM coils manufactured in HK are superior in quality to the cheap black coils purchased direct from HK on Ebay branded Zhongfadz. I have had good luck with the current production BRP / OEM coils. I have used quite a few of the Zhongfadz coils also. I have not yet experienced a failure with them, but I will say that it takes more flywheel RPM to make them spark. It is not easy to notice this on motors 10HP and under in most cases. I know they made my rope start RD-16 a real bear to start. I swapped them out for a set of German coils in that motor and it made a world of difference. I don’t mind the cheapies in small motors at all, but I like to use the OEM coils especially in my 18s and up. I have been running a 56 Evinrude Fastwin 15 with Zhongfadz coils in it for 2 summers now without issue. I do think it would be easier to start with OEM, but it isn’t difficult so I keep running them to see if they keep working.
-Ben

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