reverse glo gauge problem... - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

chinkywoo · 08-11-2005, 07:08 PM

some of ya'll mite hate me on this...but i'm having problems installing my reverse glo gauges on a 99 camry. i've connected everything, but once i got to the point of the red wire, i just dont know what to do with it. i know the black wire is supposed to be connected to a ground source, and the instructions says the red wire has to be connected to the power source for like the parking lights or something. anyway, i've tried some things out and no success. any ideas on where i'm supposed to connect the red wire to? or exactly where? thanks

88 LE · 08-11-2005, 07:32 PM

Connect it to the parking light wire. Its a green wire on one of the plugs going into the back of the gauge cluster.

If you use a DMM to test/verify the wire, you'll see +12V on that wire whenever the parking lights are turned on.

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chinkywoo · 08-11-2005, 07:50 PM

do u know exactly which green wire? and which plug? i've tried 2 of the green wires on the brown plug...and no go

Cammy4U2NV · 08-11-2005, 07:53 PM

how exactly do u splice a wire...im about to start my install of my reverse glow gauges and need to splice the power wire into one of the wires going into the back of the gauges...

88 LE · 08-11-2005, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by chinkywoo

do u know exactly which green wire? and which plug? i've tried 2 of the green wires on the brown plug...and no go

I'm not sure. I just know the parking light wire is green.

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Originally Posted by Cammy4U2NV

how exactly do u splice a wire...im about to start my install of my reverse glow gauges and need to splice the power wire into one of the wires going into the back of the gauges...

Clip the parking light wire, strip (1/4" - 3/8") some of the insulation off each wire, and connect everything together with a crimp connector (insulated butt connector).

Or carefully (you don't want to cut the wire, just remove the insulation to expose the wire) remove a section of the insulation from the parking light wire, wrap the power wire from the indiglo gauges around it, solder it all together, and wrap it with electrical tape.

chinkywoo · 08-11-2005, 08:28 PM

u dont remember which green wire of which plug to connect it to?