Shielded wire needed for EDIS SAW?

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afh001
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Shielded wire needed for EDIS SAW?

Post by afh001 »

Hi all,

I've just started on my install of a MS2 and i'm intending on using EDIS 4 for Ignition. For wiring it up I bought a wiring harness from DIYAutoTune, all good till I got to wiring up the EDIS module...

I noticed that I have one shielded wire for PIP on pin 24 and a plain 20 gauge TXL wire for SAW on pin 36. I presume it was done this way with a different ignition system in mind, but is it possible to run the SAW signal on non-shielded wire, or is it essential for it to be shielded?

Thanks,
Andrew
Heribert
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Re: Shielded wire needed for EDIS SAW?

Post by Heribert »

Hi.
I have stripped a few original looms from Ford and the PIP/SAW wires are bundled together and shielded by alu foil wrapping.
The alu foil is connected to pin 7 at the EDIS plug and not connected at the other end.
I have done some MS/EDIS installs and use the same principle , ie a 2 core shielded cable for PIP/SAW and screen connected to pin 7 at EDIS.

The SAW signal is a 5 V signal. Do not know how susceptible it is to noise , I use a 470 Ohm 5 V pull SAW pullup resistor in the MS

Best regards

Heribert
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Matt Cramer
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Re: Shielded wire needed for EDIS SAW?

Post by Matt Cramer »

We've had several customers use unshielded SAW wire without reporting any problems. I'm sure it gets some advantage from shielding, but it's not mandatory.
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