smart wiring

Dags777 · Forum Addict

smart wiring

spaz · In rehab

Hi Darran,

Have sent you a PM

Gavin

Brett Price · Powerhouse Poster

What's the verdict Gavin, I'm not changing but interested in smart wiring.

Dags777 · Forum Addict

ill jump in on behalf of gavin if he doesn't mind! from all the people ive spoken to, including gavins suggestion, it seems to be the ducks guts and certainly the way to go, especially if starting from scratch as we are. it is the dearer option initially but for the headaches it can save down the track I think I will pay the few extra $
ill update this thread when things happen giving cost examples.

Blacky · In rehab

1st time I had heard of it - had to look it up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=e-PFc1ws2h0

spoiltone · Rehab Dropout...

i really dont see the point? hard to diagonse when you on the side of the track with out your laptop.
why not just run solid states relays and a resetable circuit breaker? problem free. and easy to fix if need be on the side of track or in a hurry.

just buy your self a label maker designed for heat shrink .

make it super simple.

TOYOTAPOWR · In rehab

That's like saying stick to carbies as you can't diagnose your ECU if it plays up.

RedMist · Forum Junkie

TOYOTAPOWR wrote:
That's like saying stick to carbies as you can't diagnose your ECU if it plays up.

Nothing of the sort. Smart Wiring doesn't give you any performance or reliability or workload advantage. ECU's certainly do. Modern ECU's also interface to devices that indicate faults. (such as digital dashes, LED's), and can be reconfigured with a simple switch.

My 20c, it just adds complexity and cost to a solution that doesn't necessarily need to be either complex or costly.

The logic can be integrated into an ECU (which becomes your single store of all logic), the switches, relays and CB's are all simple historically reliable devices that don't require much in the way of diagnostics.