Abstract:
The invention concerns a method of controlling the electric heating (36) of the catalytic converter (24) in the exhaust-gas decontamination system of a vehicle internal-combustion engine (10). The method calls for two batteries (28, 30) which are connected up with the vehicle wiring system, one battery (28) being connected, as a function of temperature and/or charge status, by means of an electrical control unit (60) via a circuit breaker (38) to the catalytic converter heater (36) and at the same time disconnected electrically by an isolating switch (54) from the second battery (30) and the vehicle wiring system. In order to ensure continuous monitoring of the heating function, the voltage of the heater battery (28) and that in the wiring system and/or the increase in temperature of the catalytic converter with time are determined and, if they lie below predetermined threshold values, the heater (36) is switched to "off" and a fault signal generated and, optionally, a fault memory actuated.
Abstract:
In an ignition system without distributor, an ignition coil associated to half the cylinders is connected by a high voltage cable to a corresponding cylinder of the other half of the cylinder. The ignition coils are modularly assembled in a single housing.