Another dumb question!

DannyP · Post by **DannyP** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 11:59 pm

I have all the parts and just have a question about one, the thing that looks like a capacitor or filter on the coilpack loom.

You can see it here:http://home.earthlink.net/~beanbooger/b ... gineering/

It is taped into the loom, and I have one also. Do I need it to filter the power supply to the coil?
Or is it unnecessary?

Thanks, guys.

MartinM · Post by **MartinM** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:29 am

It's a capacitor, it appears on some wiring diagrams and it appears physically on some EDIS installations.

The conventional wisdom is that it's just for suppression purposes eg stopping your radio crackling etc.

It doesn't filter the supply to the coil in the normal sense of an inline supply filter.

If you've got it, you might as well leave it in....

DannyP · Post by **DannyP** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:06 am

Thanks, Martin. I found it on some other site in a wiring diagram, I only asked because I didn't find it here, which is THE site! I'll leave it in, as it can't hurt, thanks!

MartinM · Post by **MartinM** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:51 pm

It will hurt if it goes short circuit though! I'd probably leave it in despite that risk...

DannyP · Post by **DannyP** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:23 pm

And of course my power leads will be fused!