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Originally Posted by NBTBRV8
I've got some prices on the DBL800 power supply. Here is Australia it is $1900.00 + Freight and GST ex Sydney. I also got a price from a good guy called Skip at Baum Tools | Audi , BMW, Porsche, Volkswagen, Mercedes, VW, Jaguar, Ferrari and he offered one to me for US$1500.00. This price is still too dear for me as it works out about the same landed as what I can buy one here for.
So I'm still looking. Rogerkiu, what battery charger/power supply are you using? |
I suggest you consider Ctek XS25000, it only costs around US$400. I just tried Ctek XS7000 for coding my 120i and found that 7 amp max current was not enough for even such small car (maybe Japanese car is enough, I guess). It could only stably provide 12.1v to the car due to overload (it should had provided 13.6v in normal situation in supply mode, according to the user manual), and went to protection mode after about 10 minutes, which meant it stopped working. 12.1v was not enough to make SSS to run and code vehicle. I guess my 120i consumes around 10 amp to 15 amp in ignition-on mode, x5 may consume 15 amp to 20 amp, so I will turn to XS25000 model which can provides max 25 amp in supply mode at stable 13.6v.
One more thing, the whole procedure I mentioned above to finish coding my 120i's angle sensor (including encoding the DSC module) was done with running engine yesterday without any problem (because the Ctek XS7000 could not provide 13.6v power to the car). So I can say that all control modules, except DME/DDE, can be programmed/encoded with running engine. To connect the car to a power supply is just a safe way to do it. I did encoding my IHKA (climate control A/C module), CDC retrofitting, VM retrofitting by this way before. However, I will do it with power supply connected in the future anyway.
Now My 120i runs extremely well! What you guys say?