erice 732 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11532028 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,239 Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 By Electronic, I expect they mean electronic (as in electronically controlled) diesels, not electric. Electronic diesels have been around for a long time now, and are way more efficient than the old mechanically controlled engines. In fact I'm not at all sure you could get a mechanically controlled engine any more - manufacturers are looking to gain that efficiency. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted October 20, 2015 Author Share Posted October 20, 2015 does this mean an electronically controlled injection pump over the mechanical, cam driven type injection pump, on most modern small boat diesels? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin McCready 83 Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Seems the reference to Souter was a mistake? Is this git also a Q-West investor, having moved in on Rotorua buses recently? Here's some background on him. Homophobic religionist Sir Brian Souter (born 5 May 1954) is a Scottish businessman and philanthropist. With his sister, Ann Gloag, he founded the Stagecoach Group of bus and rail operators. He also founded the bus and coach operator Megabus, the train operating company South West Trains, his investments company Souter Holdings Ltd and the Souter Charitable Trust. Souter has also been politically active in Scotland, and supports the Scottish National Party. In 1998, Souter described British northerners (who make up a considerable proportion of his customers) as "the beer-drinking, chip-eating, council house-dwelling, old Labour-voting masses." Souter lives in Perth, Scotland with his wife and four children. He is a member of the Church of the Nazarene, and attends Trinity Church of the Nazarene in Perth. In April 2014 he was included in the 2013 Sunday Times Rich List as the 118th richest person in Britain, with a fortune of £1.04 billion Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,239 Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 does this mean an electronically controlled injection pump over the mechanical, cam driven type injection pump, on most modern small boat diesels? Yep, full electronic control - governor, injection, throttle, everything. Fly by wire, like a plane...complete with a Canbus diag port for the PC connection. It's pretty cool actually - you can run an NMEA2000 interface from the diag port, and have whatever instruments you like that have the available data on the bus, on your PC or some plotters, for free. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted October 20, 2015 Author Share Posted October 20, 2015 got it current plotter is a 10yo simrad MFD, cx34 has an "engine" page which could show (control red line etc) 2 engines worth of full instrumentation, batteries etc. via nmea 2000 unfortunately new 16hp engine is not "electronic" and outputs only 4 wires to 4 warning lights on the start panel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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