Injectors and fuses

[Andrew Dennison]

On 17 Jan 96 at 20:43, dn wrote:
> 
> A little judicious application of Ohm's Law will reveal that at 12V,
> a 2.5 ohm load will draw almost 5 Amps!.

Ah! but these injectors aren't connected directly accross 12V. 
Manufacturers either use a current limiting resistor or peak and hold
drivers.

Some new vehicles now use high impedence injectors (16 ohm??) so the
injector can be hit directly with 12V and thus save a few cents per
vehicle.

Andrew

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