Electrical wiring for boost gauge - finally completed

[T_J_G]

From SWG:

Hi
The gauge needs a solid live feed not one from the dimmer switch, we have not had any faulty NSP gauges, please disconnect the feed leave for a few minutes then reconnect checking all the connections are correct and solid , it should work ok.
 

[richw911]

From SWG:

Hi
The gauge needs a solid live feed not one from the dimmer switch, we have not had any faulty NSP gauges, please disconnect the feed leave for a few minutes then reconnect checking all the connections are correct and solid , it should work ok.
 

Mines on a dimmer but i have a different gauge to you 

[dai-cymru]

run some test wires from the battery pos and neg to test   

[T_J_G]

run some test wires from the battery pos and neg to test  

but i only have 1 wire and an earth :s

[T_J_G]

Going to use the permanent wire now, it's the grey one isn't it?

This is a pic i took last night...

[Wazzzer]

yeah that kinda makes sense, the rheostat control might throw the voltage out.

Glad you've got it sorted mate 

[T_J_G]

yeah that kinda makes sense, the rheostat control might throw the voltage out.

Glad you've got it sorted mate 

It's not sorted yet, that's using the dimmer wire. I need to use the permanent wire as the backlight doesn't work, should be able to change colours.

[T_J_G]

Haha!

I've only gone and done it, I took it out of the dimmer wire and put it into the grey permanent wire and bobs my uncle Also it only comes on with the lights Looks quite smart, not keen on the mount though. Thanks so much for all your help!

Some pics, bearing in mind it was sunny!





I'll get some pictures of the different colours tonight

[northeast_gti-t]

nice one tim  glad your sorted with your wiring etc just hope i can tap mine into the dimmer circuit  when i come to install mine are you able to change yours to the blue illumination? would look oem then

[T_J_G]

nice one tim  glad your sorted with your wiring etc just hope i can tap mine into the dimmer circuit  when i come to install mine are you able to change yours to the blue illumination? would look oem then

Yeah this one has 100 different colours, I'm going to sort the colouring tonight when it's dark to get the closest match to the dash! I think mine can't go on the dimmer wire due to the different colour backgrounds. Most gauges can though I think.

Quite satisfied I did that myself actually, albeit with LOTS of help!