A while back in Voltlog #231 I took a look at a device called nitro obd2, it was this $2 OBD2 port dongle, which supposedly when plugged into your cars OBD2 port will enhance the performance by tuning the ECU. This was of-course a scam as I proved in the video by doing a teardown, the dongle did nothing but flash some LEDs. But there were still people who left some comments saying they we’re seeing performance improvements after using the $2 tuning gadget. Those are ofcourse false claims, maybe those people just don’t have a clue what’s going on, or maybe they’re the actual sellers offering these on ebay and aliexpress.
Tag: Automotive
Voltlog #271 – InTheMail (non-electronics)
Welcome to a new Voltlog, as the title says this will be a non-electronics mailbag, meaning I will show you what other stuff I am ordering and receiving by mail. A few days ago I created this poll on my youtube community page and asked where I should upload this kind of video, there were really two options, either upload to this channel or create a new one. I was kinda hoping for people to vote to upload them to the same channel because I don’t really want to manage a second channel and it’s also understandable if people vote for the same channel because they don’t need to perform other actions to subscribe to a second channel. And so it was decided to upload to the same channel but mark these videos as non-electronics mailbags.
Voltlog #233 – InTheMail
Welcome to a new InTheMail, the series that will touch both your passion for electronics and your bank account at the same time. We’re gonna start with this double insulated silicone wire. I’m not even sure if it’s the right name to use but both the outer black insulation and the inner insulation are silicone they can take the soldering iron at 300 degrees Celsius without any issues, no melting. The one I got is 26AWG and it has 7 strands inside each wire. It seems to be tin plated copper because I did the flame test and the individual wires just glowed red. I also measured the resistance and it is 0.132 ohm/meter. I would recommend getting the 24AWG for a bit more strands inside each wire.
Voltlog #231 – Nitro OBD2 Chip Tuning Scam
Welcome to a new Voltlog, today we’re going to be taking a look at this gadget the nitro OBD2 performance chip tuning box, notice this is specially designed for diesel cars and since it’s using the buzz word nitro, this sounds like it might just work. For sure some company has invested time & money into finding the secret sauce to put into this thing to make it work and boost performance. They claim it fits all cars built after 1996 and all you have to do is to plug this into the obd port, drive for 200km so the device can learn and adjust to your car and after that you will benefit from 35% more power and 25% more torque. It evens says here on the box that it will enable fuel saving. So this sound pretty much like the holy grail in car ECU tuning.
But ofcourse if you have any experience with electronics you can’t believe that this is going to save any fuel or boost any performance just by plugging into the OBD port. So that’s why I purchased this, so we can take a better look inside, and also because I needed an OBD2 connector + enclosure for a project of mine. I plan to do some can bus sniffing and do something with that data but I’ll talk abou that in a future video.
Voltlog #223 – Is The Paron JX-D5 Crimping Tool Any Good?
If you are a frequent viewer of the channel you’ve probably heard me say that I need a crimping tool and people recommended I should get the good stuff, Engineer being a recommended brand, those being more expensive but having precision machined jaws that produce perfect crimping every time. Other people recommended some cheaper alternatives but I went with none of those options, I got this Paron branded crimping tool, from banggood which sent the product for free for this review.
This particular crimping tool is model number JX-D5 and has a total of 5 crimping dies in the kit, allowing you to crimp a good majority of the crimps you will encounter and this was the thing that really made me wanna order this tool because I don’t want to keep 5 different crimping tools, it’s more convenient to have one of these with interchangeable heads.
Voltlog #167 – InTheMail
Welcome to a new InTheMail the series that will touch both your passion for electronics and your bank account at the same time.
Here are links to all the products shown in this video:
- Automotive Waterproof Connectors: Ebay, Banggood.
- Automotive 2 Pin Connectors: Ebay, Banggood.
- RuiDeng UM25C USB Meter: Aliexpress, Banggood.
- Cheap 24V Relay: Ebay.
- Mechanic Paste Flux MCN-UV50: Ebay, Banggood.
- 3528 Amber/Orange LED: Aliexpress.
- BLtouch Auto Bed Leveling Sensor: Aliexpress, Ebay.
- Teflon PTFE Adhesive Tape: Aliexpres.
- UV LED Nail Lamp: Aliexpress, Banggood, Ebay.
- DD06CVSA Lithium Battery Charge/Discharge/Protection: Aliexpress, Ebay.
Voltlog #142 – InTheMail
This video was published on the eevblog channel as part of collaboration program between Dave Jones and a few smaller youtube channels like mine is.
Here are links to all the items shown in this video, these are affiliate links and the profits will support my future videos:
- P8002 Automotive Sharp Test Pins
- 10AWG Silicone Wires (got mine from Professional RC shop)
- Wire Thickness Gauge Tool AWG SWG
- Borescope Endoscope Waterproof Camera
- 5730 SMD LEDs Kit
- NEO M8N GPS Module
- Xiaomi Wiha Screwdriver Set
- Dual PWM Fan Controller Board