Anyone wired up gauges like these?

Started by Nik da Greek, February 10, 2008, 10:55:14 PM

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Nik da Greek

Hoping someone may have used the same, or similar gauges and knows what the wires are, cos I don\'t have a wiring diagram. There are four per gauge, red, black, yellow and white (you can just see the relevant wires on the right of the gauges in the pic). Was kinda assuming that red and black would be power for the gauge, the others for the backlight?
 
I was told they don\'t need a control unit to run, cos they\'re the old-style GReddy ones, no memory or warning function, but maybe I\'ve been fibbed to? Oil pressure and water temp, if that helps. Don\'t really just want to connect wires at random, cos they\'re electronic and I don\'t want to blow them up or owt.
 
Any ideas, anyone?
 
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bikealarmblair

What other colours do you have?

They look similar to ones we put in a V8RX7 last week.

Red 12V
Black 0V
Orange ACC
White wasn\'t used in our application as I recal.

Nik da Greek

Eh? Other colours? There are just the four wires, not including the feeds from the sensors which obviously have their own dedicated connector blocks. I was going to get my mechanic to do it, but we ran out of time and I needed the car back to get to work, so now I\'m stuck. He fitted them and wired in the sensors, but I\'m left with the four wires still to find a home for! Auto electrics are a black art to me, so hopefully someone can give me a definitive answer.
 
At least it looks like I was right about black/red being power and earth, yeah?

interloper393

red - live
black 0 negative/earth
yellow - for the back light
white - for when you turn the headlights on it dips them for night driving..

think this is the setup lol
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Nik da Greek

Quote from: interloper393red - live
black 0 negative/earth
yellow - for the back light
white - for when you turn the headlights on it dips them for night driving..
 
think this is the setup lol

Cheers, dude, you\'re a star! It\'s been well annoying with them sat in front of my nose not working!
 
Btw, was that you with the Knightsports bumper on Ebay just recently? I would\'ve had a go at that if you\'d put postage on it. Probably not what you wanted to hear, really. Good job I didn\'t, really, the work on my car just cost twice what I was expecting, but I do love the Knightsports look...