weeks101 wrote:
One of our daily-driven CRDs has been running a vent-mount stepper-motor glowshift gauge for several years with no issues. Another one has had the same setup for 9 months with no issues. Several vehicles I have owned in the past I did vent-mount gauges which also had no issues (yes electronic gauges). Lastly, I have received zero complaints from customers who are running the vent-mount panels. If you're running heat in the summer you
may be doing it wrong
Keep in mind gauges are designed to function in a wide range of extreme high and low temps regularly experienced inside automotive interiors...and yes humidity levels as well.
That was the first question I asked Seth about those gauge pods. But then I started to think, in the summer months, the car interior can go easily over 200 degrees, roughly the maximum temp that flows through the heating vents. In extreme temps, like in az, that may be easily over 250. Heck, when I was in phx I had to put a towel over the steering wheel and seat, otherwise I couldn't hold it for more than a second or sit for few seconds without burning my rear... Yea, I learned the hard way, lol. If a serious gauge brand wants to stay in business, they would need to make those functional under those rough conditions. So far, I haven't had any issues with the gauges I have in those pods, granted, I don't have lcd displays but I doubt those would be affected by blowing heat. Lots of newer cars have lcd display and they seem to be ok under those extreme heat temperatures.