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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 08:16 PM
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gauge lighting problem

i just wired up my gauges but the lights are opposite when i turn the truck on the gauge lights are on and when i turn the truck lights on the gauge lights go off.
 
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 08:25 PM
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Seems to me when you wired the wires to the headlight switch, you wired it backwards. If there are more than two wires to the light switch, I would try different combinations until when you turn the lights on you get it right.
 
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 09:20 PM
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Use the #10 fuse in the cab for your power supply. That way your gauge lights will go on, off and dim like the rest of the dash lights.
 
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Old Nov 5, 2008 | 07:31 AM
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X2 ^^^
What he said
 
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Old Nov 5, 2008 | 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by BlueMule
Use the #10 fuse in the cab for your power supply. That way your gauge lights will go on, off and dim like the rest of the dash lights.
Thats what I did ...
 
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