Re: VDO gauge wireup?

[Ron Pieper <rapieper@yahoo.com>]

Well, the alternator feeds the entire 12V system, so
technically any connection to 12V *is* a connection to
the alternator.  Just find a suitable point and you're
OK.  If I were doing this, I'd probably run a wire to
the fuse panel where there's switched power.  I don't
recall if this is labled 15, 30, or whatever (but it's
not X, iirc)...I'd need my Bentley.  That way you get
a nice source undiluted by potentially corroded
connections, small wire, etc.

It's an ammeter that must be connected to the
alternator (before any devices), since you'd want to
get a reading of all current leaving the alt.  This is
a series connection.  But this ain't an ammeter, and
an ammeter has limited use IMO.

How many wires are on each meter?

Ron
(wRONg)






--- Jason Arms <redbug64@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >Yes the voltmeter can go anywhere there is 12V. 
> Just
> >use a source that's switched off with the ignition,
> or
> >you'll have a little load always draining the
> battery.
> >I'd try to find 12V that's NOT sourced from the
> load
> >reduction relay, so I could read voltage when
> >attempting to start the car.
> >
> >Factory lighting for the gauges is separate from
> the
> >senders.  Check your wiring before replacing a
> sender.
> >
> >Ron
> >
> >Hi Jason!
> >
> >You gotta connect the wire from the voltmeter to
> your alternator.
> >The oil press to your oil pump and the oil temp of
> cours to where the oil 
> >filter
> >is.
> >
> >Good luck and hi from my Rocco friends from
> Germany,too.
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >
> >Florian
> 
> Ok, so which is it???  And there are more than 1
> wire per gage.. so what do 
> the others do, and where should they be wired up? 
> Just for the reccord 
> incase anyone else wants to jump in, i am asking how
> to wire up the vdo 
> gages tha i have installed in my center console. 
> THanks.
> 
> 
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