AEM Wideband O2 kit

[81xsproject]

Well, folks asked, and I promised. I have had my AEM kit in for a couple weeks now and am loving it. It gives me info while I ride on what areas of my throttle curve are off. The kit can be had for just over $200 on ebay. NGK makes a cheaper kit, but after doing a little research and reading some bad things, I decided to fork out the extra 40-50 for this kit. There isn't much to say about the install. It couldn't be easier, really. The gauge houses controller unit. Kit comes with a Bosch Wideband sensor. I took my header down to a local muffler shop and they welded in the threads (included in the kit). After that, all you do is connect the sensor to the controller with the included harness/plugs, provide (+) and (-) power, and mount the gauge somewhere. Currently, mine is in a very temporary position held with a zip-tie. The great part, is that when I finally go Megasquirt, this unit is plug and play. I could even rig it to a lap top to do data logging with just a serial wire and a program Window already has

[TADracer]

I like it.

Question, concidering the precarious nature of the alternator on thses machines, have you noticed any EXcessive current draw from the unit?

[81xsproject]

Not that I can tell.

[Shuriken]

This is nice. This should really be quite helpful in tuning as well. How responsive is it? Wonder if this would help me figure out my sub-2k rpm stumble.

[81xsproject]

It is pretty quick. At low and mid range, I can just barely see lag time related to fast/large throttle changes. It beats the hell out of the stupid colortune

[stevec5000]

Is the O2 sensor heated like a narrow band one is? If so how much current does it draw?

[81xsproject]

THIS is all I could find on the site. I will check and see if I still have the box and papers.

[stevec5000]

Haven't you measured the current drain of the unit? Someone on the aempower forum said they measured 3.5 ohms between two of the wires. If that is the heating coil then it uses about 4 amps which is not too bad for a heated sensor.
The reason I'm asking is because most heated sensors use huge amounts of power! I have a narrow band O2 sensor on my XS with a gauge on the fairing but it was hard to find an O2 sensor that didn't draw too much current. I finally found one for a Toyota truck that only draws about 4 amps.

[81xsproject]

Found the papers; The gauge draws 1.3 amps and the sensor draws 1.2 amps.