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Old 12-08-2009, 08:03 AM   #69 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JackMcCornack View Post
Pardon the clumsy sentence (and there's a worse one coming) but wouldn't leaving exhaust gas in there, fully reduce the vacuum (see, I warned you) right from the start of the intake valve opening instead of a gradual reduction as EG dribbles in through the EGR valve?
Yeah, I think that does sound more efficient/better/less prone to failure due to clogging etc.


Back to the PWM controller, I tried it out last night and... well there was a fairly violent electrical explosion, the biggest one I've seen from a simple 12V circuit anyway. So, I need to get a replacement mosfet and check what the heck I soldered in wrong. Powering the EGR valve up manually it doens't pull more than 1.3A, so the controller is plenty capable of handling the power requirements. I must have done something wrong at assembly.
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