VSS and running off of ecm

[goflo at pacbell.net]

I think Gar did a rant on the subject - He's right, too.
Less a thorough reverse-engineering of ECM power budget
and supply you're just asking for trouble. Does'nt make
sense when alternatives solutions are so cheap.

Regards, Jack


Bruce Plecan wrote:
> 
> Dumb fingers hit delete instead of send, but there was a comment
> about running off the ecm's 5v.  Well, I did that several times, and
> introduced a hiccup into things.  Was using the 5v for tampering
> with MAP v's.  Since I really don't have a clear understanding,
> about such things, and one lister said to never do that it seems
> logical for me to follow that.  For a buck or even 3 it's cheaper than
> a $50 ecm, least to me.
> Bruce