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luvpsi

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luvpsi

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hey guys i need to change the globes in my dash cluster. to be safe i need to disconnect battery as per normal however i have just had a microtech ecu put in would me disconnecting the battery effect the ecu in anyway such as ecu looses tune memory?

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umm, why are you disconnecting the battery to change dash lights? if the car has abs, simply pull the abs fuse if you are worried, but i've never bothered. i've changed dash lights with the lights turned on and it didn't blow any fuses.

and no, disconnecting the battery doesn't affect tune, just like how turning off your computer doesn't make it lose all the data on the hard drive.

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If u are working on or near a starter motor or alternator then u should disconnect the battery.

If u are modifying wiring then disconnect too.

Changine globes etc make sure the key is off and the lights are off.

No ecu should lose its memory. If it does there is a wiring issue or faulty ecu. But this wouod normally be found when turning the key off

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If u are working on or near a starter motor or alternator then u should disconnect the battery.

If u are modifying wiring then disconnect too.

Changine globes etc make sure the key is off and the lights are off.

No ecu should lose its memory. If it does there is a wiring issue or faulty ecu. But this wouod normally be found when turning the key off

ecu won't lose it's memory from a wiring issue (stock ecu will lose self learn stuff, but nothing related to the tune). you can totally remove any ecu from the car, let it sit on your desk for a week, put it back in and the tune should still be on there. if it isn't then the ecu is faulty like you said.

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DVS JEZ

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Unless the ecu has just been wired in or the wiring for the car isn't stock ie an engine conversion. it was found that if a certain power wire has not been connected to the ecu then you can tune it all day then turn it off and it won't save the tune.

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DVS JEZ

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quote from paulr33 power fc faq

"When I turn my car off I loose any changes on the PowerFC! Help!!

Any changes made to settings on the Apexi PowerFC are written in memory and then commited to NVRAM when the car is powered off. When the PowerFC detects power loss to IGN it saves its state into NVRAM. This usually takes around 1 second. Once this is complete the unit is safe to be powered off (happens automatically). If your car has had an engine swap it is possible and likely that the standard ECCS wiring has been altered or is not the same as factory. This may mean that when the IGN is turned off the PowerFC doesn't have time to save its changes. This results in any changes made to be 'lost' when the power is off"

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