Removal or Pedestrian Safety Bonnet Charges

[ninjin]

@Paul20v

@Roadie

The 3 ohm figure is only a guess anyway. If you use a 2.7 ohm or 3.3 ohm resistor and a 2 amp fuse the resistor will probably blow before the fuse anyway.

I am assuming that the system works with an explosive charge which has a detonator. When the system triggers 12v will be applied firing the detonator. There must always be a very small current applied to monitor that the detonator is attached. This will not be enough to trigger the sysem.

Rather than using a resistor and fuse I would suggest using a small panel lamp such as a 12v 1.2 watt type. This will give a resistance of around 100 ohms which should still fool the system into thinking it is connected. If the system triggers the bulb will light up.

Nothing to lose by trying it. If the system doesn’t bring up an alarm it works.

As an alternative solution is it possible to just put some black tape over the dashboard indicator and not obscure the other warning lamps? Disconnecting the charges and replacing with resistors or similar could be forgotten when leaving the track. A piece of tape on the dash would be noticable.

For your info 3 ohm wasn’t a guess but you are right that a 2.7 to 3.3 will work I tried a few before coming to the 3 ohm 

the fuse is completely un needed.

 

 

Cool! I’ll give the 2.7 I’ve got a got tmrw and see what happens.