MoTeC's Power Distribution Modules (PDM)

[JZA70 R]

Interesting stuff for those interested in automotive electronics..

http://autospeed.com/cms/A_111402/article.html

[Billzilla]

Bloody good device.
Pity it's a bit pricey though.

[MWP]

I know of at least one other company (cant remember the name though) making similar CAN based switching units.
They were cheaper too, but not by a lot. Still over $1k from memory.

Its an awesome system.
Pitty its so expensive.

[ZZT231]

Seen 2 of those PDMs in a car... Impressive piece of equipment as the guy got rid of his fuse box in the engine bay as it was taking too much space.

[Sam_Q]

one of these was getting installed today in a vehicle I was working on, it has impressive stats. Not the vehicle people would think though..

[JZA70 R]

Has anyone put one of these (or another brand) in their cars yet?

Seriously considering it with my current build...

Wondering if you can get a similar thing with the Vipec?

[MWP]

AFAIK Vipec dont make PDMs (yet).

Im designing my own at the moment... still along way off from having a working version yet though.
Will have 16 inputs, 12 outputs, fully weather sealed, CAN, USB programming, etc.

[JZA70 R]

mmm sounds good.

my car is completely stripped for paint, including the chassis loom, and given the fact half the electrical stuff taken out wont be going back in, i think it would be a perfect opportunity to do something like this.

[Radar]

Very nice! That'd make for one hell of a clean install!

[timbosaurus]

Seriously, tell me one reason why this is anything more than a quick way to blow a giant hole in your wallet.

I mean, its a cool gadget and all, but unless you just want to be showy, why replace $100 worth of fusebox, fuses and relays with 2 grands worth if gimmick that does the same thing?

[timbosaurus]

Im designing my own at the moment... still along way off from having a working version yet though.
Will have 16 inputs, 12 outputs, fully weather sealed, CAN, USB programming, etc.

I can understand that though... building your own to suit your car is cool. I once did a custom PCB in a sealed case with fuse and relay sockets and a sealed delphi header connector like on a motec ecu so you could easily just unplug the whole fuse box while routing the harness through grommet holes etc. Using FETs would make it a lot more compact. Can't really see much point of making it software programmable tho.

[MWP]

It wont be to suit my own car... im designing it with the aim of being made in low-med volumes for sale.
If that will actually happen is another thing though