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by **paul2508** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:18 pm

hey peeps jus fittes a new set of plasma dials. only problem i have now is where to wire them to. there is two wires one black and one red. anyone know wher eto wire them. all the dials are wired together then attached o a transformer with dimmer switch. thanks peeps

by **crayzidane** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:39 pm

Yea, sure i done mine a few days ago.
Hooked the RED wire into the GREEN wire of the light for the ashtray
And BLACK wire to the BLACK wire of the same
and believe me they look the bees b***x

by **steelroe** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:03 pm

Any pics.
Where did you get the dials

by **sinlessgunner** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:33 pm

I did the same as Crazy. Taped the transformer onto the top of the air con vents in behind the unit and wired the wires to the ashtray just as listed above. I'll post pics tonight when I'll get the full effect.

by **paul2508** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:08 pm

crayzidane wrote:Yea, sure i done mine a few days ago.
Hooked the RED wire into the GREEN wire of the light for the ashtray
And BLACK wire to the BLACK wire of the same
and believe me they look the bees b***x

thanks man .never even thought of the cigarette lighter. ill post pics when its done cheers

by **paul2508** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:10 pm

steelroe wrote:Any pics.
Where did you get the dials

got them off ebay bout three weeks ago

by **paul2508** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:05 pm

ok peeps i wired the plasma dials up work perfect. one problem tho. i let the live wire and neutral wire touch each other off the cigarette lighter by mistake and sparked and a bit of smoke apeared. now they wont work. have i blown a fuse or is it much worse

by **colm_mcm** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:12 pm

does your cigarette lighter still work? did you short the wires going from the invertor to the dials, or the invertor to the battery?

by **Dragonheart** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:10 pm

Prob just a fuse, happened me when I switched repeators before and ended up blowing 4 fuses before I found the spot where they touched.

by **crayzidane** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:18 am

Yea, prob just a fuse nothing to worry about.

by **paul2508** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:04 pm

the lights on the dash are gone too and my rear lights. does anybody know what fuses are off wat seems all the writing is in japenese

by **crayzidane** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:17 am

Here ye go

http://www.ftoaustralia.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=152943

by **paul2508** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:21 pm

crayzidane wrote:Here ye go

http://www.ftoaustralia.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=152943

cheers mate

by **paul2508** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:38 pm

ok i was checking the fuses. but i dunno which ones are blown. the rear lights are gone the dash lights and the ash tray too the warning sound for when you leave your lights on is gone too. does anyone know which fuses are blown. i replaced all the fifteen amps. i was gonna change every single one but might be a waste of time. please help cos its startin to piss me off. thanks peeps

by **crayzidane** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:43 pm

You can check them with a multi meter ,with a continuity test easy enough

by **paul2508** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:47 pm

crayzidane wrote:You can check them with a multi meter ,with a continuity test easy enough

cool man just starting to get to me ye know. do you think its defo the fuse

by **crayzidane** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:55 pm

well from what you said happened when you touched live wires off each other it sounds like thats the prob
well thats where I would start and if you find a blown fuse replace it
if it still blows then you might have either sheered cable insulation and its touching metal and getting earthed
or got pinched when replacing centre consol or dial cluster also exposing the metal cores and getting earthed

by **paul2508** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:45 pm

crayzidane wrote:well from what you said happened when you touched live wires off each other it sounds like thats the prob
well thats where I would start and if you find a blown fuse replace it
if it still blows then you might have either sheered cable insulation and its touching metal and getting earthed
or got pinched when replacing centre consol or dial cluster also exposing the metal cores and getting earthed

thanks man . ilet ye know how i get on.

by **steelroe** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:13 pm

You will have to remove the fuses to check them, you can get false reading by putting the meter across the fuse while in place. i.e. continuity through some circuits.

by **paul2508** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:33 pm

steelroe wrote:You will have to remove the fuses to check them, you can get false reading by putting the meter across the fuse while in place. i.e. continuity through some circuits.

how can you tell if they are blown. wat fuses do you think are blown ?

by **paul2508** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:17 pm

FINALLY... sorted it out it was just a 10 amp fuse that was blown. dials are up and running. thanks for the help guys. btw how do you upload pics. wanna put up pics of the dials. cheers

by **colm_mcm** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:27 pm

paul2508 wrote:. btw how do you upload pics. wanna put up pics of the dials. cheers

Like this!

by **Bernard** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:36 pm

The album link at the top of the page is gone...
Just click on the profile button at the bottom of your post and follow the rest of the instructions in Colm's link.

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