[Shotimes] white "glow" gauge faces

[Jon Heese]

Ummm...  I assumed that he was talking about the "Indiglo"-style overlay 
that some aftermarket company or another made for the stock gauge 
cluster.  It sounds like you're referring to a set of auxilliary guages 
(maybe A-pillar or DIN-mounted)...

Just making sure we're all talking about the same thing.  I don't want 
to mis-assume anything, but I can't imagine a female-driven SLO wagon 
needing/wanting lit up aux gauges.

Regards,
Jon Heese

cmichaelo@optonline.net wrote:
> Hi VO,
> 
> You must be referring to Autometer C2 series.  I have four of them installed in my car.
> 
> Initially, I used the switched 12V supply to power the meter gauge and use the adjustable lighting supply from the dimmer for the "blue" light cause I wanted to dim the glow when I dim the rest of the dash.
> 
> I don't remember the color codes on top of my head right now.  But I can find them for you if you like.
> 
> At first, I thought the "blue" light looked cool too.  But after a few mins of glow at night, I got real tired of it.  The glow was too distracting to me.  Too overpowering. 
> 
> So what I did was to reduce the lighting voltage to the meters until it was to my satisfaction and then measured this voltage (Vgood).   I then connected an ADJUSTABLE LINEAR VOLTAGE REGULATOR (about $4) to the full switched 12V supply and adjusted the voltage of this regulator to Vgood.  I also inserted a separate fuse for the lighting (between regulator and 12V supply), just to be safe.
> 
> Now it still looks cool and at the same time I can safely look out the windshield at night.
> 
> Michael
> 94MTX,green,BOS+,Koni/Intrax,Baer,Corbeau
> SHO items for sale: http://hometown.aol.com/cmichaelo/for_sale.html
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: van Oss <vanOss@centurytel.net>
> Date: Saturday, April 1, 2006 5:20 pm
> Subject: [Shotimes] white "glow" gauge faces
> 
> 
>>My wife liked the white gauge faces (esp. the way they glow blue 
>>at night) 
>>in my SHO so I am installing a set in her wagon.  Does the red 
>>(positive) 
>>wire want to be fed full battery voltage, or am I supposed to 
>>connect to the 
>>variable voltage coming out of the dimmer switch?
>>VO 
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