HEI in Mopar ECU casing

rklein383 said
Just wanted to say that the statement that current takes the path of least resistance is false. Current will take whatever path that is available. It is similar to water pipes, if you have 1/4 inch tubing off of a 14 inch water main, some water will still come out the tubing, even though the 14 inch water main is the path of least resistance and will obviously carry the most water.
Rod

But if you have a 14 inch pipe and then a 1/4 inch pipe comes off of that and then rejoins it further downstream, you still get the 14 inch pipe worth of water at the end.
Even though the resistor is there, the coil still gets a full 12 volts along with the amperage carrying capability through the bypass.