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I have a Boyer black box...the power wire from the harness going to the white wire on the Boyer box reads 12.5 volts. As soon as I connect the white wire it drops to 2.4 volts. Why? No spark.
 
Maybe high resistance somewhere between the battery and your “power wire?”

Try a connecting a test jumper lead direct from the battery live terminal, to the Boyer.


Suspect the kill switch, fuse holder, key switch.
 
Here's a new one.....The hot wire I was using, white/brown, reads 12.5 but no spark. If I run a jumper to the - battery terminal I get a good spark. For some reason the hot wire is unusable. Why?
 
If the wire is broken internally except for a couple of strands you get full voltage but no amps.
 
Good advice so far, and it sounds like you're well on your way to having this sorted. Just to add 2 cents to the conversation - voltage loss is caused by: "poor connections, bad contacts, insulation problems, or damaged conductors".
 
seattle##gs said:
Here's a new one.....The hot wire I was using, white/brown, reads 12.5 but no spark. If I run a jumper to the - battery terminal I get a good spark. For some reason the hot wire is unusable. Why?
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Triton Thrasher had provided the most likely devices at fault. Look there first.
 
the white with brown is from the bulb for the ign warning light. if wired correctly a white ( key on ) goes to the bulb and the w/b is grounded buy the assimalator to light the bulb. with the bulb in the circuit it was a resistor and i am surprised you did not burn out the bulb. the kill switch should have a white / yellow to the boyer and a white to the kill switch if you are going to use it.
 
I could find no other hot wire to work with. Usually it is a white/yellow or white but nothing showed 12V. I found a s spare tab on the key switch so I used that.
 
seattle##gs said:
I could find no other hot wire to work with. Usually it is a white/yellow or white but nothing showed 12V. I found a s spare tab on the key switch so I used that.
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White/brown* is certainly the wrong wire to connect the ignition to, as Bill said.
Any white should certainly show battery volts and also white/yellow if the kill switch is connected and working so how did you test for volts?

*Edit: This is assuming it's your Mk2A Commando and not something else?
 
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seattle##gs said:
It is someone else's Norton. I used a meter to find a hot wire.
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So, what "Norton" is it?

If it's not a '71-on Commando then we need to know what it is as white/brown wil not be the charge warning bulb-to-assimilator wire.
 
how about you spend a little time studying a wiring schematic for the year you are working on. if you did you would not be chasing your tail and asking these questions.

seattle##gs said:
It is someone else's Norton. I used a meter to find a hot wire.
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