question for reverse glow user

[Creeps228]

i have an reverse glow guage and it still isnt installed, bought the blue/green power invertor from procarparts.com...i tried it on my home circuitry...and it didnt work, but the one that the guages come doesnt work, everything is connected properly and it didnt want to glow even when i pressed the green/blue button

Also for changing the needles...i dont want to paint them so i bought red leds...will the leds light mix with the green from the needles? and are these green leds the one that light up the whole cluster?

[leasaunce]

there are 5 Bulbs for the Gauge. needles/gauge bulbs are the same thing. if you want to change the colour of your needles you need to change all 5 bulbs or paint them (like what i did on mine 'see my DIY')

goodluck!

[Creeps228]

ok thanks alot leasaunce, back to the with the home connection thing i retried with the power inverted but when i connected it again the power inverter seemed to blow up and threw smoke, i retried again and it threw out a stream of smoke? Did i blew out the power inverter because i think i did.

[Creeps228]

ok thanks alot leasaunce, back to the with the home connection thing i retried with the power inverted but when i connected it again the power inverter seemed to blow up and threw smoke, i retried again and it threw out a stream of smoke? Did i blew out the power inverter because i think i did.

[ToyCam187]

Yea, not good. Try using a 9 volt battery. It will make it glow safely. What is the home connection thing you are talking about?

[yosh]

lol are you talking about sticking the wires into a 120v outlet in your house?

[ToyCam187]

lol, really hope thats not the case...

[gumbydammit]

Aw bro...tell me you did not put the wires in the house socket.

[Creeps228]

sorry i havent been on for a while, but noooooooooo, i got a ps2 kinda conector plugged it into the the surge protector, and then put the wires into the holes, but isnt that like connecting straight to the outlet?

ANyways the inverter from PCP.com didnt light up the guages, but the original one did, doing the same thing...

[midnightmach]

Oh man you fried it :| you sent 120V through it man, the surge protector is meant for powerouts so it doesnt fry your tv. ps2, etc. But it wont protect your 12V Gauges because its sending 120V the surge protector thinks all appliences want 120V. Sorry man.

[gumbydammit]

In the future, you can use the end of a laptop power supply.
Many of them are under 19 volts DC, which for a minute or two, will not fry it.

[geoff5093]

Or you could have just connected it up to a car battery or cigarette lighter plug.

[midnightmach]

I normally use a 9V battery.

[Creeps228]

guess I fried the inventer then, im going to have to get another one I guess, but I'll try to get a 9V battery to see if it is fried. thanks for the help everyone.

[Creeps228]

OK last question before i finally install my gauges

If accidentally i move my gas needle while removing/installing...if i top-off at the gas station will the needle reposition itself or will i be screwed?