Jim Galbally

ok got all my gauges coming off a single feed... each gauge has a +12v and +0v and the lights have one each too...

at the moment theyre all connected using spades... i'm using the spades with male AND female conenctors on the same plug... but it looks WAY too messy 5 wires all connected together and with a huge clump of tape wrapped around them (so they cant short out on anything)

any better ideas?

i do not want to solder, as i want the connections removeable so they can be plugged in/unplugged at will...

SeanT

Do you want to be able to plug/unplug the whole panel, or one at once?
XLR connectors ain't bad as they are lockable and insulated, or nick appropriate male and female halves of connectors from car wiring looms in the scrappy and splice in

Jim Galbally

want each gauge unpluggable seperately...

so ive got 1 wire coming from the loom and 4 wires connecting to it

TIFF

I can see this ending in tears

velocity

this is my method the two gauges are volts and oil pressure,the 3 pins plug directly into the clock loom socket giving me lights,earth and 12v on the igition switch which also doubles to power the gauges,the oil sender wire is the wire bundle and is routed off into the the engine bay.i have a tripple set up to do aswell but will use the same method

whitneyd

Water proof conections are the best. Even though they are inside condinsation will find them.

vroooom ptssssh

wire the guage to the guage beside it an then wire the wire from one guage to the one wire, wire em in series!! god never said wire so many times in one sentance pmsl

Jim Galbally

is series ok to do tho?

velocity, that looks very tidy

only problem is like i said, i want each gauge seperate so i can remove them individually...

soon i'll have em all wired together, but for now the install isn't finished, so wanna make it as easy to change about as possible

MWF

Yep that's what I did, just daisy chain em.

vroooom ptssssh

yup its fine to do jim, mind you best put a decent fuse on the feed wire imo if its not got one already. u can wire em in series with decent spade connectors. aint no thang!

Jim Galbally

just to check, if im daisy chaining, am i connecting the earh of one gauge to the live of another gauge?

Damo V

As Above, daisy chain em, connect em together using bullets for the time being, but obviously use the female connector on the live end (supply) so if the gauges are out, the wire wont short...

velocity

no! connect the earths together and the positives together ie all in parallel

vroooom ptssssh

no u nonce do i need to do u a diagram lol

positive to positive, negative to negative, then u will b eleft with 2 wires, one positive, one negative, but they will have the pos and neg off the guage beside it too, so these need to be earthed and connected to your positive feed!

Damo V

yeah Parallel

vroooom ptssssh

foreigneRS

do not connect tem in sereis, you will share the voltage. connect them in paralel.

that means that you wire all positives to the same place, and all negatives to the same place. negative to positive as you're thinking is in series and is completely wrong.

Damo V

The diagram is correct Jim

vroooom ptssssh

i got it wrong i meant in paralel

but still showed him what to do lol

heres a better pic just for u jim!

Jim Galbally

thats what confused me... lol thats how theyre wired in at the moment, tis just the joins from each gauge are all spades n not soldered :P

vroooom ptssssh

their should only be 2 joines oh i want to be a fussy bugger an have removable guages incase the pikeys com huntin

vroooom ptssssh

Right well have spade connections for 2 of the guages poss and neg feed aswell as the main connection that way u can remove all 3 as u please