As great Humble auto repair experts, over at Whitty’z we have experience working with many parts of the engine.  One of the many parts we have worked with before is: The Governor.  If you’re a The Walking Dead fan you might be thinking “what?”.  The governor might also be called the Speed Limitation Device (SLD) is a micro-controller based electronic unit, which constantly monitors the speed of a vehicle and controls the vehicle speed within the preset limit.

A governor is made up of three parts.

1.   Electronic Control Unit (ECU): The Brain of SG regulates the fuel flow to engine by controlling the Solenoid valve.
2. Fuel Control Valve / Actuator: Regulates the fuel flow to the engine based on the vehicle speed.
3. Speed Sensor: Fitted on the Vehicle Gearbox. Measures the Vehicle speed and transmits to the ECU.

Why Governors?

Over speeding causes the maximum accidents. Thus the solution lies in controlling over speeding of transport vehicles thereby inducing discipline amongst drivers through use of technology. Speed Governors is such a device that restricts the maximum speed of a vehicle to a preset limit.  This is why auto manufacturers have started to put them on cars made after 2000.  In many places, it is illegal to not have a governor on your car that is made after 2000.  Not to mention that if you take the governor off your car it may just be the machine it was created to be and then work itself hard.  Hard enough that it will ruin it’s own pride and joy, it’s engine.

Reasons to have a governor

• Preventive rather than reactionary.
• Reduced strain on engines, thereby increasing the life of engines.
• Increased fuel efficiency.
• Improved operational efficiency.
• Increased safety.
• Reduced fuel consumption.
• Reduced maintenance cost for the vehicle owner(s).
• Reduced strain on engines, thereby increasing the life of engines.
• Reduced pollution, improving the environment.

Kinds of Governors

1.  Electronic Speed Governor:  Electronic Speed Governor is a recently developed tool to provide maximum driving speed limit through an electronically controlled fuel Injection System.
2. Variable Speed Governor:  An Electronic Self Programmable Speed Governor for Vehicles which is pre-programmed on the basis of speed limit specified by the government authority for different city roads & highways. Vehicle position is measured through the inbuilt GPS Receiver and Speed limit is programmed automatically from the Memory database.
3. Adaptive Speed Governor:  An Electronic Speed Governor for Vehicles which is pre-programmed on the basis of speed limit specified for a specific region such as Airport, factories, institutional area, Construction Site etc.
4. Fly By Wire Electronic Speed Governor:  Fly By Wire Speed Limiter*, model FBW99 is state of art technology, indigenously developed product. FBW99 is used for Speed Control of Vehicles having Electronic accelerator paddle.

Whitty’z Humble Auto Repair Shop

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