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Justin
26-01-05, 17:27
What are the best wires behind the dash to tap into for all the necessary connections to a Defi Link Meter boost gauge and the Controller II please folks.

I hate this sort of work. Not difficult technically but time consuming and means you have to dislocate 3 vertibrae and one shoulder to get access to all the tricky wires tucked away.

Cheers

Justin
Justin
27-01-05, 12:36
OK I'll re-phrase the question.

Can you fill in the blanks below of where I should best 'T' the wires into behind the dash. Clock? Fag lighter? Side lights or whatever???


Constant live 12V connected directly to + Pos terminal on battery (correct?)
Switched live 12V connected to .............?
Illumination live 12V connected to .............?
Ground connected direct to - Neg terminal on battery (correct?)

Cheers in adavance
Justin
The Hornet
27-01-05, 12:53
Surely for those connections you could just simply use the ones already in place behind the head unit as the gauges dont draw much current.

Simple job with a multimeter. Can't remember the colours of wires though, if you have a multimeter just set to 20V DC and probe them, switching the ignition and lights on /off to find there wires etc etc. The ground wire can be any connected to the chassis / body of the car.
Paul
27-01-05, 15:56
Just seen this,
I wired mine to the clock connections, all what you need are there.
Can't remember the colours though? Just take off the multiplug and stick a meter on the pins.

I'll try to find out the colours in the meantime.

Paul
Paul
27-01-05, 16:01
Yesssssssssssssss! Found it. (ignore the Greddy b*llocks, Same for Defi )

Paul
The Hornet
27-01-05, 16:10
Yup that would make the job slightly easier..
Justin
27-01-05, 17:19
Paul, you beauty. Thanks for taking the time to dig that out for me. Perfect just what I was after.

I'll attack the clock this weekend.

Cheers a million
Justin
Paul
27-01-05, 18:50
Paul, you beauty

:eyebrows: :limp: If it's OK with you I'll just accept the thanks in a bloke type of way. LOL
Hope it goes OK.
BTW my controller is mounted on the underside of the armrest lid, hidden until you open it then easy to view/operate. Takes a while longer to wire as you need to extend the wires but it does look good.

Paul
Justin
27-01-05, 23:13
My NOS controller is tucked in there so I'll need to find somewhere else.