Just for curiosity, did you check the voltages on shore power or generator? If the BIRD is really sick I would expect similar voltages only backwards.
Checking the voltage at the coil is good to know. In all my discussions with the BIRD rep, that was never mentioned.
It is also interesting for your book Ed, that the BIRD manufacturer has changed the color of the wires (in an apparent effort to confuse us even more - as if we were not confused enough already). As you can see from the attached photo, the wire going to the coil from my BIRD is white - not purple.
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