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Old Feb 21, 2007 | 07:36 PM
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Default Where to splice in for 12V for Autometer Tach?
Hey just wanted to see where you guys spliced in your 12V (red wire) for your Autometer Tach?
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Someone here has to have an autometer tach!!! I tried a search and nothing.

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Can't you just splice into any 12v power source?
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Just make sure its a switched 12V source.
Don't hook it up direct to the battery.
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Originally Posted by revtime
Just make sure its a switched 12V source.
Don't hook it up direct to the battery.
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If your car has ASR/TCS, you can tie into the pink wire on the ASR/TCS switch.
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I just wired my gauges into the open ports on the fuse box.
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there should be an available tab on the fuse block where you can push a spade terminal in and it'll provide switched power.
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you could try the cigarett lighter
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I used the pink wire from the foglights for my raptor works fine.
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Originally Posted by styoung
you could try the cigarett lighter
Thats what I was thinking about using but I don't know if that is a switched 12V source?
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Originally Posted by SLPSS99
Thats what I was thinking about using but I don't know if that is a switched 12V source?
It is a 12 volt source.
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Originally Posted by SLPSS99
Thats what I was thinking about using but I don't know if that is a switched 12V source?
plug something into it with the ignition off to fid out.
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i went to the fuseblock..... used an unused slot with a spade terminal....
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