I can't get my greddy warning guages back-lighting to work. I wire them up, and I have the warning light on constantly, but no back light.


These are the wires from the guage to the car

RED: Power source line +
ORANGE: Ignition line +
WHITE: Parking Light Line +
BLACK: Ground -
Yellow: External Warning Option -

What I did was wire the Red and orange line together, and then to a switch with power from the battery. I then ran the black to a good ground.

I even tried giving the red to a constant power line from the battery, and the orange to a switch....still no background light.

I am stumped....and it will really suck not having my guages light up at night!!




[Modified by HXMan, 10:06 PM 6/1/2002]

 

Guess I figured it out!

Red to constant power.
Orange to switched power.
White to switched power.
Black to ground.

What the white wire is necessary for, I have no idea.

 

Red = 12v pwr source
Orange = Ignition pwr source (+)
White = Parking light source (+)
Black = Ground

Gotta love greddy gauges..

 

I am thinking that in the translation of the instructions parking light should really be headlight source.

 

SO where is the white wire going to? That's your lighting.

 

I have the white going to a switch.

 

What I did it tagged the "white" wire the illumation wire off my radio harness.
I had no problems..