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which wire on dimmer switch to wire tach light to

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Old 05-10-2007, 03:36 PM
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theres a black ground wire then there are two red wires....one thats all red and a red w/ black stripe....
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Old 05-10-2007, 05:58 PM
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red/black stripe is parking light wire. you can also find this in an outlet in the front of the fuse box.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JSPECSIR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">red/black stripe is parking light wire. you can also find this in an outlet in the front of the fuse box.</TD></TR></TABLE>

SO IS THAT THE ONE TO SPLICE INTO?

DOES THE RED/BLK ONLY GET HOT WHEN THE PARKING LIGHTS ARE ON, OR THE REGULAR LIGHTS AS WELL?
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found out is in fact the red/blk...thanks
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i would go on a switched 12v source putting the wire to a dimmer can damage the dimmer i have seen it happen to a couple peopel before
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just run to a constant hot on a switch like mentioned abouve
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red/black is input to dimmer not its output.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fcm &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> Actually it's the other way around, red/black is the pos.(+), [illumination circuit] the red is the ground for all dash lights that dim, the dimmer, [Dash Brightness Controller] controls the ground to the lights not the pos.(+)
Your tachs illumination needs to be connected to a 12V+ dimmer control to dim properly, or do what I did, open tach up disconnect illumination bulb(s) ground connect a lead to the bulb, ground side and run it out of the tach, connect the tachs illumination lead to the red/black and the ground you added to the red lead, done deal, fused at cars illumination fuse and brightness controlled along with rest of dash lights. 94</TD></TR></TABLE> I always listen when FCM speaks
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lol why the hell would you do all that when you can just conect the white wire on the tach to any 12v and get the same result ? i would not open a tach up and do all that shyt its not needed
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i just ran it to the red/blk wire and it works fine
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