How to protect my amplifier's???

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Emil
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How to protect my amplifier's???

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Hello,

How can i protect mij amplifier's in my dta s80?
When a ignition coil fails it can damage my ecu.

Is There à way to protect The dta ???

Greatings Emil.
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Re: How to protect my amplifier's???

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the internal amplifiers are protected, they will clip current at 9A and will shut down if they get to hot. so your fairly safe!

what makes you think they need more protection? has anyone had one go wrong?
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Re: How to protect my amplifier's???

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À friend of my has a older dta ecu connected to a BMW 3.0 engine
And his ignition coil where broken and it fried 3 amplifier's in his dta

Thats why

Im thinking to use external KMS amplifier's to protect The dta
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Re: How to protect my amplifier's???

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Unless a particular coil is prone to failing (in which case you would chose not to use that sort to start with) then most coil failures would be because of too much dwell time, I would have thought. I rarely see a failing coil these days, especially in such a way as to damage an igniter/ignition driver.

Personally I would use the internal drivers as it dramatically simplifies wiring and is a great feature of the DTA - one of many reasons I prefer them over other brands.
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Re: How to protect my amplifier's???

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if your that worried then put a fuse between the coil and the ecu, seams like a waste of time to me tho the.

or turn off the internal amps and use bosch ones!
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Re: How to protect my amplifier's???

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We gonna use The standaard amplifier on The dta!
We didn,t know That The new types are protectet for burn out ignition coils!

Thanks for The help!

Tips and tricks are always welcome!
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