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ibakes

posted on 2/5/07 at 10:56 AM Reply With Quote
Edis Sheilded wireing

Morning all

Just putting together the wiring loom for me Megasquirt running the Edis system and most things I have read tell me to shield the crank sensor and cables to the coil pack as here



But the original cable for the Edis wiring (cos I got the loom included) are not shielded. should I re-do the wires with a shield or leave it as ford created it?

Ta

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Agriv8

posted on 2/5/07 at 11:12 AM Reply With Quote
personally I will sheild it.

Ford had the advantage of a nice large engine bay so the could route it away from any causes of interferance. Man hours to test watch and monitor ect.

where as kit car looms we dont have easy access to osiloscopes ect that can see if it is picking up interferance.

if it is sheilded it can very likley crossed of the possible problems list if you run into prolems further down the line.

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ibakes

posted on 2/5/07 at 11:55 AM Reply With Quote
Ok thanks for that, next problem is, Anyone know where i can get 2 core shielded cable off the roll??

Ta

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turbodisplay

posted on 2/5/07 at 12:14 PM Reply With Quote
Maplin.

Best bet, if not using shielded wires is to twist the wires together, almost as effective due to noise being picked up the same polarity, so canceling (only vr sensor, PIP and Saw will suffer.

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Schrodinger

posted on 2/5/07 at 04:52 PM Reply With Quote
How much do you need?
I have about 1.8m in my garage

quote:
Originally posted by ibakes
Ok thanks for that, next problem is, Anyone know where i can get 2 core shielded cable off the roll??

Ta

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chriscook

posted on 2/5/07 at 05:22 PM Reply With Quote
Microphone cable from Maplin..
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owelly

posted on 2/5/07 at 05:27 PM Reply With Quote
And never ground both ends of the cable!





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ibakes

posted on 2/5/07 at 06:27 PM Reply With Quote
quote:

Microphone cable from Maplin..


Good Call

quote:

And never ground both ends of the cable!



Just about to do that, I have the PIP and Saw signals with only about an inch unshielded wither end, getting some more cable off a friend hopefully

am i right in thinking that the Tachometer gets it signal from the PIP signal??

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David Jenkins

posted on 2/5/07 at 06:35 PM Reply With Quote
This place sells proper automotive screened twin cable (tough material, etc.). Not expensive either.

Also has all sorts of EDIS bits & pieces, trigger wheels, etc.

HTH
David






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Micael

posted on 2/5/07 at 09:11 PM Reply With Quote
They seem to have some good stuff.
But who are they and where??
I can't find any info about the company. No physical address, phone, VAT-reg, etc

Does anyone know who they are?





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David Jenkins

posted on 2/5/07 at 09:16 PM Reply With Quote
Trigger Wheels?

I'm not sure who or where they are - but I think the bloke who runs it is (or has been) a member of this forum.

I've bought a trigger wheel and cable from him - no complaints.






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martyn_16v

posted on 2/5/07 at 09:45 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by ibakes
am i right in thinking that the Tachometer gets it signal from the PIP signal??


Pin 11 on the edis module provides a tach output (CTO), but it's a 12v square wave which some tachometers won't trigger from (most are designed to trigger from the much higher voltage spikes at the coil). If you have a search on t'internet there's quite a bit of info on getting tachs to work on wasted spark systems though, that's if yours won't work from the CTO.

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cng1

posted on 4/5/07 at 07:31 AM Reply With Quote
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Does anyone know who they are?


That would be us

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Micael

posted on 5/5/07 at 01:21 PM Reply With Quote
Then i suggest that you guys put your address and phone numbers on your website. As a serios company






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