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Need quick help.Wiring Indiglo gauges.

Old 07-28-2005, 07:29 PM
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Okay I thought that I was doing everything right with my indiglo gauges and I wired the positive lead from indoglo to positive on the left (cause there's two) lead on the headlight switch and my indiglo gauges are getting constant power. I tried wiring on the positive headlight lead on the right and still the same thing, it;s always on. I don't even have the keys in the ignition. I only want them to come on when my headlights turn on. I have a 1999 SS camaro. I wired the negative to the only negative lead on the headlight switch. Please help. Thanks.
Old 07-28-2005, 09:46 PM
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Use a electric pen and see what turns on/dims when you turn on the headlights and adjust the dimmer... Then use a relay to reverse the polarity if needed. (you get a signal from the dimmer to the relay, relay relays that signal as the correct polarity if you set it right).
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your park light wire willl be a brown wire(14-16ga). If you cant easily grab it behind the switch you can get it under the dash or behind the radio. Definately
use a meter to find wire.
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You can also use the wire behind the on/off switch for the head lights
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Thanks for the feedback, I spliced and ran it with the brown wire which I believe is the headlight. Works great, you guys saved me a trip to the shop and some $$$.Thanks.
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Brown wire isn't the headlight wire as its also got power when the swtich is set to the marker light position. its either interior dash lighting or marker/parking lights.


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