Which wires on Voltage (Battery) Gauge ?
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Which wires on Voltage (Battery) Gauge ?
Okay, for any of you who have installed an aftermarket Voltage Gauge...
I just had the Lotek Gauge Pod put into my car. Got someone to put in the gauges for me because (since my move to Florida is coming up) I don't have time to run sending units, etc - busy packing and dealing with the holidays. Anyway, after a long discussion with the installer, I finally got them to properly install the oil pressure and water temp gauges. Problem is, he didn't install the voltage gauge right so it powers up, but doesn't read anything. I'm guessing he didn't hook both wires up to the same circuit or something. For any of you who have installed a volt gauge, which wire did you hook up to (please let me know both connections - pos and neg) ? I can go in there and redo the connection myself, but I'd like to know which wire to use.
I just had the Lotek Gauge Pod put into my car. Got someone to put in the gauges for me because (since my move to Florida is coming up) I don't have time to run sending units, etc - busy packing and dealing with the holidays. Anyway, after a long discussion with the installer, I finally got them to properly install the oil pressure and water temp gauges. Problem is, he didn't install the voltage gauge right so it powers up, but doesn't read anything. I'm guessing he didn't hook both wires up to the same circuit or something. For any of you who have installed a volt gauge, which wire did you hook up to (please let me know both connections - pos and neg) ? I can go in there and redo the connection myself, but I'd like to know which wire to use.
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Well, um yeah, I kinda figured that, but short of plugging the thing straight into my battery terminal, care to be a little more specific - i.e. wire color (since the battery does tend to change a bit when it hits the dash), not to mention, plugging straight into the battery before the ignition would leave the gauge powered on after I shut the car off, draining my battery.
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I don't use it, but I do have my GPS wired to it (by running an extra socket out the back). Here's the weird thing. It "reads" supposedly (according to the manual it came with) off the power that is used to power it. Problem is, it IS getting power (it lights up, goes through the start sequence, etc), but it doesn't read any volts. Any clue how it could be powering up but not read volts ? If it helps they are the "Swoosh" series gauges.
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Batt +
Ground
One that says "On - wire to ciruit that will not be turned off when key is turned"
ACC On
Small Lamp
The voltage doesn't come with a sensor wire, the manual says it reads off the power given to it. I tried hooking the Batt + and the Ground directly to the battery (but left the other connections in tact) and no read. It powers on with no problem (as with the other gauges), but for some reason I can't get a voltage read.
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Make sure that you wire it to an ignition switched 12+ source. That way it wont stay on while the car is off. Easiest thing to do is just run wires from the driver's side kick panel.
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Right now, I kept some of the hookups that the guy did for me (since those seemed ok). Here's how it's hooked up:
Batt + - Cigarette Lighter Positive (also tried the power wire going to the stereo and didn't seem to make a difference)
Ground - ran to black ground wire on the stereo harness as well (just because all this stuff was close, hence the running to the stereo wires)
ON with no key interruption - Run to stereo positive power wire
ACC on - Run to same stereo power wire
Small Lamp - run to stereo illumination
Batt + - Cigarette Lighter Positive (also tried the power wire going to the stereo and didn't seem to make a difference)
Ground - ran to black ground wire on the stereo harness as well (just because all this stuff was close, hence the running to the stereo wires)
ON with no key interruption - Run to stereo positive power wire
ACC on - Run to same stereo power wire
Small Lamp - run to stereo illumination
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On as in the battery or On as is the "the key doesn't affect" circuit ? I can do a test if it's the latter - already tried going DIRECT to the battery with a test lead on the battery wire, but haven't messed with the On Key non-interrupting one.
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I've triple checked the connections and they are all good, something about the hookup isn't working out. I have a theory I'm going to try tomorrow. If it works, I'll let you guys know.
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Do you have aftermarket gauges hooked up ? If so, which wires are you connected to (color / location wise) ?
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Well, I tried a few things and the only conclusion I can come up with is that one of the guys that tried to install the gauges (I had two, one finally ran the senders right and I finally said screw it, and wired everything else up myself) fried the voltage gauge. I should've just done the install myself, but since I'm moving, I didn't want to have to deal with it. The other two gauges work perfect with the wiring I did and since the voltage gauge is supposed to read with just the power wires (no sending wires), that's the only explanation.