Nice job Ed, that little gizzmo represents a lot
of effort but it is gratifying to see it work I'm sure.
I have never run into the cold start problems that some builders have
mentioned but Ed did show me that it can happen on a cold morning, even in
Florida. I finally got around to adding a primer function to the EC2 code
and it will be incorporated in all future EC2s. If any of you cold climate
builders feel the need, a chip swap can get this function in earlier EC2s.
Contact me via email.
It works like this:
When the engine is not running and the mode select switch is set to zero,
pushing the Store switch will give a 10 ms shot on all 4 injectors. How
many shots are required for a really cold start will depend on manifold design,
temperature, injector position, etc, and will have to be determined
experimentally.
Tracy
Good Point! Rusty.
Thanks! almost fell into the same trap that
Tracy did - even after my unheeded warnings to him {:>) Of
course, we are all glad he did.
Ed
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 8:51
AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Digital Fuel
Monitoring System
However, if I did decide to sell it would
probably be mid-late summer time before it happened. The current
design is somewhat labor intensive in cutting apart the board into the front
panel and Chip board, placing "sockets and plugs" on each board so they can
plug together, etc. I would need to look a ways to simplify it a bit
and I am certain the layout of the board could be improved. Already,
Finn has pointed out my resistors are mounted by their "legs"
{:>).
Looks
good Ed. As for selling them, I think I hear Tracy laughing now,
as your retirement relaxation turns into work
:-)
Cheers,
Rusty
(email functioning for 24 straight hours)