INDIGLOW DIALS INSTALL (ELECTRICS)

SoaPY · Post by **SoaPY** » April 11th, 2005, 8:59 am

I have purchased and installed these recently, all was going well.
I have wired as per the (limited) instructions. Wired into headlights feed. Red wire to red & black to black. These work fine, when headlights are off or switched to sidelights, but as soon as headlights are turned on, dials switch off.
I have tried everyother combination I can think of, but without success. (as there are only 3 wires for headlights there are only a possible 6 combinations)
Just wondered if I'm doing something obviously wrong or does anyone have more in-depth installation instructions, as I don't know if they can take anymore re-wiring!!

nope-mx3 · Post by **nope-mx3** » April 11th, 2005, 9:28 am

you should have hooked it up to the dimmer switch for the clusterlights.
(on the non-variable side).

nope-mx3

jrors · Post by **jrors** » April 11th, 2005, 4:38 pm

There's a topic I posted up here on doing them from the headlight wires from my experience..........I forget how I did mine, but if you have not found the correct way to do them by tomorrow, let me know and I'll pop my steering column and tell you the correct wire to run the red wire from the gauges to..........also, as far as that black wire from the gauges is concerned, I hooked it up to a medium sized screw for a strong ground. Open the drivers side door kneel down like your looking at the fuse box and look to the left and you'll see the screw I'm reffering to.
Also, if you like, P.M. me your email and I'll take a pic of the ground and the red wire so you can have the correct setup. I installed mines I think back in either Oct. or Nov. and the have been great!

garfy1981 · Post by **garfy1981** » April 12th, 2005, 5:35 am

I put the ground ( the black wire ) onto a body work screw located directly behind the temp/fuel guage, i used a round crimp lug for this.
You should have 3 cables at the dimmer switch, a red one a black one and a red/black one. You can reach under the dash and pull these cables into the footwell to make it easier to work on. Connect the red wire of the indigos onto the red/black wire of the dimmer supply.
If you got it right the dials will come on when you put the lights on, and the dimmers should be totally independant. So when you dim the factory dimmer it will not dim the dials, you will have to use the dial supplied dimmer for this.
This is what i done and has worked no problems. I have searched right throught all the threads regarding dials and it always seems that things go wrong when hooked up to the headlights supply under the steering wheel. So i think hooking up to the dimmer is the way to go.
Hope this helps!

SoaPY · Post by **SoaPY** » April 12th, 2005, 7:44 am

Thanks guys,
finally managed to get them working as per your instructions garfy1981. Tried everything from headlight feed, but couldn't get them to stay on with headlights. Worked perfectly from dimmer feed. On a totally unrelated note any idea where I can get clear or crystal side repeaters that I can replace horrid amber ones(preferably without drilling holes!!)

Thanks again.

garfy1981 · Post by **garfy1981** » April 12th, 2005, 9:37 am

go to the mazda garage and get a set of mazda 6 clear side indicators, thats what ive been told to do but i havent got round to doing it yet. Dont those orange side repeaters look pretty !!

Nd4SpdSe · Post by **Nd4SpdSe** » April 12th, 2005, 9:56 am

garfy1981 wrote:I put the ground ( the black wire ) onto a body work screw located directly behind the temp/fuel guage, i used a round crimp lug for this.
You should have 3 cables at the dimmer switch, a red one a black one and a red/black one. You can reach under the dash and pull these cables into the footwell to make it easier to work on. Connect the red wire of the indigos onto the red/black wire of the dimmer supply.
If you got it right the dials will come on when you put the lights on, and the dimmers should be totally independant. So when you dim the factory dimmer it will not dim the dials, you will have to use the dial supplied dimmer for this.
This is what i done and has worked no problems. I have searched right throught all the threads regarding dials and it always seems that things go wrong when hooked up to the headlights supply under the steering wheel. So i think hooking up to the dimmer is the way to go.
Hope this helps!

Yep, mine are wired up the same way as yours, i just still haven't found a place to put the supplied dial, it's just dangling out of of the hole where the old dimmer switch was

garfy1981 · Post by **garfy1981** » April 12th, 2005, 1:32 pm

ah ive got the speedhut upgrade inverter, its a nice small dial with an adhesive backing ive brought it out of the steering wheel column and stuck it to on the left hand side,sort of 3 inch below the hazard button looks nice an tidy.

jrors · Post by **jrors** » April 12th, 2005, 1:48 pm

I drilled mines dail underneath the the black gauge pod to the left. It looks very nice there.