[Fwd: Nology]

[David A. Cooley]

At 02:20 AM 12/29/98 -0800, you wrote:

>	If Nology wires are not properly grounded, then you get get "excessive
>RFI". By proper grounding, I don't mean just bolting the ground straps to
>the most convienent point, but ensuring continuity as well. Was the
>installation even checked for continuity to ground? For some cars, Nology
>even sells Ground Straps, becuase of this problem. Most of the 'problems'
>assosiated with Nology wires come from the installation, rather than the
>wires themselves.
>	Countless numbers of my customers use Nology wires everyday, with no
>"excessive RFI" problems, and many on the list do as well. Marc Summers
>even makes his own version !

The grounding of the braids was checked at install time, and again after
the problem arose.
They were all grounded at a single point on the head, and resistance from
the braids to anywhere on the block, frame etc, never exceeded 0.05 ohms
with a 4 lead sensing ohmmeter.
As an experiment after the PCM was replaced, I placed an oscilloscope on
the power antenna lead from my stereo.  With the stock wires, I had a clean
12 volt DC level with less than 10mv of noise.
I then installed one nology wire (farthest from the PCM, again verified
resistance from the braid to the frame etc) and started the car.  There
were spikes exceeding 1000V on the power antenna lead.
This was also used as proof of a mis-advertised product to Nology.  They
told me my instrumentation was faulty and that it was "Impossible for that
much noise to exist on any wires in a modern day vehicle from RFI".
You can pat nology on the back all you want to stay in their good graces as
a snake oil distributor, but I know for a fact their wires cost me over
$1500.00 in repairs and I also know that I will push this as far up the
legal channels as I can to send these jerks "business" back to germany
where it came from!


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