seperate supply for coil ?

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Not Anumber
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seperate supply for coil ?

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Is it desireable to use a seperate +v cables to the Megajolt and the Coilpack or can i use a existing supply cable (capable of delivereing 15 amps) to the Megajolt, Edis and the Coilpack ?

toenee
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Post by toenee »

If you've got the hard rev limiter, the coil supply needs to go through the megajolt anyway.

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Post by Not Anumber »

toenee wrote:If you've got the hard rev limiter, the coil supply needs to go through the megajolt anyway.
. Ive factored in running a relay from the MJ's hard rev limiter output to interupt the +v supply to the coil but thats just for switching.
My question is really whether i should aim to use seperate +v cables to feed the coil and the MJ/ Edis in order to reduce spikes in the + supply ?

To minimise interference screened cables are used for the switching signals (sensor to Edis and Edis to MJ) - so what about the risk of the coil creating spikes in the +v supply line that could potentially interfere with the MJ and Edis ?

For instance would it be sensible to run the coil via its own online fuse directly from the battery (with a relay interupt to ensure it would only be powered with the ignition on and below the rev limit set) ? Any spikes the coil could cause on the +v line would be entirely smoothed out by the battery.

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Post by toenee »

This was one of the things I considered, I mean the limp home mode can't work if the supply comes from the megajolt.

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