GM ECM injector driver capacity

[Clare Snyder]

T Hergen wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 25 Aug 1998 goflo at pacbell.net wrote:
> 
> > In parallel more current,
> 
> > in series more voltage.
> Why more [kickback] voltage when in series?  Each injector sees half the
> voltage and half the current when driven in series as compared to driving
> a single injector since the driving voltage stays the same.
> 
> > As always, reality
> > is a bit more complicated, but it's a reasonable 1st approx...
> >
> > Regards, Jack
> >
> > Bruce Plecan wrote:
> > >
> > > OK, I have one injector, and it is perfectly designed, and does the
> > > following
> > >
> > > 14.2 ohms
> > > runs on 14.2 v
> > > draws 1 A
> > >
> > > when turned off generates
> > > 300v
> > > .001A
> > > .001msec.
> > >
> > > When I hook up 9 more, wouldn't I expect to see, at turn off
> > > 300v
> > > .01A
> > > .001msec
> > >
> > > Why would more produce more voltage rather than current,
> > > or anything more than more current?.
> > > TIA
> > > Bruce
> >
When used as a load, they share the voltage. When they turn into
generators instead of loads, the voltage they PRODUCE adds, just as the
voltage they consume does when they are loads.
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