Problem with Indigo gauges

Bumpysbro · Post by **Bumpysbro** » July 24th, 2006, 11:43 am

Finally got the gauges in, wired it right to the dimmer switch but how do i make it when i turn on the lights it comes on inverted? so i dont gotta reach way down and press that button everytime i turn my lights on and off? thnx
Jon

ariesdude · Post by **ariesdude** » July 24th, 2006, 5:43 pm

you might have to wire up a relay to do that safely...

Bumpysbro · Post by **Bumpysbro** » July 24th, 2006, 7:42 pm

ahh ok, i wonder if anyone has done that? ill look up some more on it and see if i can do it myself and if i do it ill do a faq on it. if not then ill be out a pair of glow gauges haha. are you runnin indigo's aries?

ariesdude · Post by **ariesdude** » July 24th, 2006, 11:43 pm

No - dont like the white look during daytime. I am hoping to find one that is normal daytime and becomes indiglo nightime .....

Nd4SpdSe · Post by **Nd4SpdSe** » July 25th, 2006, 12:11 am

Well, on my Speedhut guages, I tired up the inverter power from the red/black wire that the stock dimmer is running to. That power turns on as soon as you turn on the parking/headlights. Myself, I have speedhut guages, and for the inverter, as soon as it gets power, it turns the guages on...there's no power on/off switch, so I don't understand why you need to turn yours on. It's quite possible that this one you have has a switch and that you may not have a choice, it sounds like it's a digital switch cause you need to manually turn it on everytime.

Bumpysbro · Post by **Bumpysbro** » July 25th, 2006, 3:51 pm

ya mine has a on/off button. for the power of the inverter it has the three connections to the gauges, power, ground, and then a switch line to the button. i wonder could i cut that switch line and splice it to the healight line. so when i turn the lights on itll turn those on as well?

Bochek · Post by **Bochek** » July 25th, 2006, 5:06 pm

Bumpysbro wrote:ya mine has a on/off button. for the power of the inverter it has the three connections to the gauges, power, ground, and then a switch line to the button. i wonder could i cut that switch line and splice it to the healight line. so when i turn the lights on itll turn those on as well?

depends on if its a momemtary contact switch or a normal on off switch.

Bochek

Bumpysbro · Post by **Bumpysbro** » July 25th, 2006, 9:28 pm

its a contact switch....hmm cuz there are 2 prong coming from the on/off button. would it be a relay and ground? since the power is coming from the lil black box. ill take a picture of it and post it up in a lil bit. thnx guys
Jon

here are the pics:

first one is of the setup where the on/off hooks up to the inverter amp box.
the second one is the on/off switch line, anyone has any ideas what each line is for?

Wilhelm_Fink · Post by **Wilhelm_Fink** » August 17th, 2006, 5:17 am

I have that same switch on my indiglos (currently installing), did you ever get them to turn on with your headlight switch??
I tried joining the two indiglo switch wires together, but that didn't work.

let me know...

ovendenk · Post by **ovendenk** » August 19th, 2006, 1:47 am

my speedhut gauges are hooked up to the dimmer and turn on with the head light switch. all i did was set the color on the speedhut controller and set the intensity to max. now when i dim the lights, the inverter dims too.

one thing to note: the dimmer switch has a variable 'ground' and constant 12v. for example at its dimest state, the 'ground' has about 12v and at full intensity the 'ground' is at 0v. i'll get a wiring diagram with pinouts done up this weekend for you.