

| Subject: | Re: Switched 12V power in Engine compartment and hall unit to ecu question. (1984 van) |
| From: | Sudhir Desai |
| Date: | Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:26:57 -0400 |
http://www.bgsoflex.com/mspower/mspower.html <--- I'm using a relay board for everything and I've mounted the Megasquirt unit behind the left panel in the trunk area. Everything is fused and relay'd. :) Thanks for the info. Now what to do with the Hall unit +12v out. Sudhir On 6/28/06, mark drillock <drillock@earthlink.net> wrote: > Good raw switched power comes in to the ignition coil by a black wire > from the key switch. Don't add any real load to that wire though and > remember that it is unfused all the way back to the battery. Use it to > control a relay wired to a high current source like the alternator lug, > just as VW did. Why not leave the relay box and relays and use them? > Unlike VW, I would add fuses. > > Mark > > Sudhir Desai wrote: > > > 1. Where is there a good switched power in the engine compartment > > > > 2.when the power is switched on, pins 1 and 13 see 12v. 1 comes > > from the AEM hall unit and when grounded shows just under battery > > voltage, and 13 is from a relay which shows battery voltage. Does the > > power coming in from the hall unit do anything in the ecu or does it > > just tell the ecu "hey, i'm powered on and functioning". > > > > > > I am in the process of converting to megasquirt and have all issues > > resolved except for the switched power and where to connect the ~+12v > > coming from the hall unit. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > Sudhir > > > > > > >
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