Gauge lighting?
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Gauge lighting?
Where did everyone who has installed gauges get their power for the lighting from? Banks says (I'm not using Banks, but have their instructions) to use a fuse tap for the intrument cluster lights. This is not labled in the 6.0L fuse diagram. I tested, one by one, all of the fuses. None of the fuses that are cold when the lights are off became hot when the lights were turned on. I should say that I tested all of the mini fuses....I did not test the maxi fuses.
So, did everyone use a fuse to tap into? Which number? Or did you all splice into a wire somewhere else? Where? Or maybe it needs to be wired someplace completely different?
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So, did everyone use a fuse to tap into? Which number? Or did you all splice into a wire somewhere else? Where? Or maybe it needs to be wired someplace completely different?
Thanks!
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After thinking about it a little more, I suppose I could run wire to tap directly into a parking/tail light. That isn't the route I wanted to go, since the wire would show somewhere and I don't really like leaving things with an unclean look. But it would work.
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Originally Posted by ERTFD
Use the blue wire with red stripe for the dimer switch. Just did mine, works fine.
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There is a little slit for a flat screwdriver on the bottom of the face plate that the dimmer switch is mounted in. Just took a little bit of gentle prying and it popped right out. The blue w/red wire is right on top. Worked out really slick. Thanks again!
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Originally Posted by tristankc
There is a little slit for a flat screwdriver on the bottom of the face plate that the dimmer switch is mounted in. Just took a little bit of gentle prying and it popped right out. The blue w/red wire is right on top. Worked out really slick. Thanks again!