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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Exonian on 11 April 2014, 05:14
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After testing a DTUK box (with great results!) on a loan car back along supplied to a friend for testing by his company (thus fully insured to run electronic devices as they monitor driving on their rental and lease cars in some situations) the car went back and has since been replaced by a long term vehicle on their fleet which will be used by both staff and customers by the looks of it.
When I fitted the loom to the initial car it was dropped off to me on a very cold wet day and I did the fitment as quickly as I could and still have the scars on my hands to prove it from the lowermost connector!
My question for those running tuning boxes, whether petrol or Diesel is where they connect the power leads for long term use?
I just bolted the C clips to the battery terminal in the temporary fitment and that was fine but it meant the the tuning box stayed 'live' all the time apart from when it was unplugged when my friend wasn't using the car and other members of staff were.
Does anyone have a better place to attach the power cables so that it only comes on with the ignition?
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The dtuk box doesn't get attached to the battery terminals on the one I tested.
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Hi I have a DTUK box (FSR+) this has battery leads bolted to battery connectors seem fine so far.
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I might be wrong but I believe that tuning boxes for GTI's need power from the battery but the GTD box takes it's power from the common rail sensor.
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Mine (GTI) is attached direct to the battery as per installation instructions.
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No connection to the battery for my GTD's DTUK box. The box runs on 5V taken from the common rail system which powers the piezo-electric injectors.
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Mine (GTI) is attached direct to the battery as per installation instructions.
Yeah, that's in the instructions but I know what our inventive intrepid forum-ites are like for coming up with good solutions!