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Author:  RTStabler51 [ Sat Jul 21, 2007 6:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Lighting & Power for Extra Gauges
This isn't the first time I've installed a-pillar gauges, however, when it comes to figuring out electrical stuff I suck.

Can you guys point me in the right direction? Which wires did you tap into for your gauge lighting and KEY ON power source?

I've spent the last couple hours trying to figure it out and searching through the forums and haven't come up with anything.

I also have the MOPAR service manual and can't really decipher much out of there either.

thanks.
Author:  Neal [ Sat Jul 21, 2007 6:29 pm ]
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I think the lighter is key on
For lighting use the instrument panel lights
Author:  robert46123 [ Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:18 pm ]
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The lighter is on all the time. It drives me nuts when I have my RD in my wife's CRD.
Author:  rs4mtnitro [ Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:04 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Lighting & Power for Extra Gauges
RTStabler51 wrote:
This isn't the first time I've installed a-pillar gauges, however, when it comes to figuring out electrical stuff I suck.

Can you guys point me in the right direction? Which wires did you tap into for your gauge lighting and KEY ON power source?

I've spent the last couple hours trying to figure it out and searching through the forums and haven't come up with anything.

I also have the MOPAR service manual and can't really decipher much out of there either.

thanks.


You can get a fuse piggy backer(You pull a switched fuse out of the fuse block and put in its place) from an auto parts store for 12v. For the lighting I went to the radio and soldered a wire to the back of the plug.
Author:  Gris [ Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:26 am ]
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I always tap into the radio power for my key-on stuff. Not the permanent battery feed that keeps the memory alive, but the acc+ one that turns it on when the car is on.
Author:  RTStabler51 [ Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:00 pm ]
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Thanks RS4, I'm going to look into that!

Edit: I used the add a circuits and they worked like a charm! Thanks for the info!
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