jumping350 Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 So im still having trouble with this so seeing if anyone else has bought one of these cheapish gauges and wired it in wires from gauge: red yellow white black wires from sensor blue white I put red/yellow on gauge together wired into ACC and grounded black and gauge comes on fine with backlight constantly on put blue from sensor to black on gauge and white from sensor to white from gauge and also swapped them but no reading will come up on gauge so needle just stays at the bottom Any help? I have no instructions either Quote
Jetpilot Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 You say youve grounded the black but wired blue to black? Quote
jumping350 Posted March 13, 2016 Author Posted March 13, 2016 yeah one wire from sensor needs to go to ground the other to signal wire (from what ive read online) which I think is white on the gauge as its only wire I haven't used, but then technically there is no current running through the sensor then Quote
Jetpilot Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 I would say, blue to yellow, white to white, the sensor is grounded anyway. However, that is an assumption. Quote
jumping350 Posted March 13, 2016 Author Posted March 13, 2016 have also wired sensor straight to red and black and still nothing Quote
jumping350 Posted March 13, 2016 Author Posted March 13, 2016 (edited) don't think ive tried blue to yellow white to white I shall try that thanks Edited March 13, 2016 by jumping350 Quote
jumping350 Posted March 13, 2016 Author Posted March 13, 2016 so ripped gauge out in the end and wired in seven which ways from Sunday and its not having it , I must be missing a cable or something originally so am binning it and new one turns up this week, stay tuned for a new set of wire colours Quote
jumping350 Posted March 16, 2016 Author Posted March 16, 2016 (edited) Right new gauge has turned up (more wiring in the box than last gauge) which is a good sign! I already have a ground sorted and also have run a wire from the washer pump so on ACC the gauge turns on. I now have 4 wires to work with. Black - ground -pretty straight forward Red - 12v to battery Yellow - ILM to lamp Orange - IGN key power Question is can I put red yellow and orange together on wire from washer pump and ground stay as it is?? Wouldnt everything then come on when ignition turned or do I have to run a wire direct from the battery for RED/Yellow and run Orange of washer pump ???? Edited March 16, 2016 by jumping350 Quote
jumping350 Posted March 16, 2016 Author Posted March 16, 2016 I f****** give up brand new gauge and sensors and gauge is flashing at me with sensor failure, plugged another brand new sensor in and same thing. stupid thing can do one now....who cares about oil temps anyway Quote
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