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Old 09-20-2009, 10:44 PM   #47 (permalink)
gascort
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Any luck with yours, Daox? I bought 4 of the Ebay ones and wired all four parallel to power(what I think are) the relays for my F/P and ECU. Drives fine, but decreased my FE according to my MPGuino. I suspect maybe a large capacitor may be required inline after these guys to provide plenty of current under peak demand.
Anyone else have ideas?
I'm getting pretty mad at this project; might just give up on the beltless and loop my power steering lines to delete it as much as I can, and use a lawn mower battery for my necessities and power all others from my Optima and the solar panels.
I should note that the decrease was not much; basically the same as what I registered when I tested going beltless with just the 12V battery - maybe 1-2 mpg highway lost vs. using the belt. Maybe this tells me I wasn't isolating all of the electricity sources for the computer and fuel pump, but when I disconnect these relays, neither works.
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