Interesting ballast resistor article.

Southernman said
Actually, Dave Young's article is correct. You can, in lieu of points, run without the ballast resistor. Only problem is, it will run hot and it's life cycle is significantly reduced.Southernman

This is correct:

You CAN rob banks, but you might go to jail and your life cycle is significantly reduced

You CAN purposely run into other cars, but your life cycle is significantly reduced

I don't see that these rather limiting qualifications make this "correct."