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Guy-Fast 03-03-2008 04:39 PM
Re: 2 FUcking BRight
 
tint it

JoshMO 03-03-2008 04:41 PM
Re: 2 FUcking BRight
 
Not sure I want to mess with the tint. I'll experiment with the current dimmer switch if not I'll get some POT and go to work.

stenseltizm 03-03-2008 06:37 PM
Re: 2 FUcking BRight
 
Originally Posted by JoshMO
Its in a 92 civic, and I was thinking about doing the same thing your talking about. So your saying that the dimming switch the controls the factory gauges already reduces the voltage. So by hooking this gauge up with the factory gauges, on the same switch, will automatically dim the boost gauge? Am I correct?


Ninja Edit:
This dimmer only controls the gauges. It does not turn on the dome light.
exactly, the factory dimmer switch is a variable resistor, nothing more. no need to add another one in the form of a potentiometer when it's already there factory.

look at that switch and it will have 2 wires. one will go straight to your fuse box. tap into the other wire to the hot wire of your gage backlight, run the other wire of your gage backlight to chassis ground.

stillnoturbo 03-03-2008 09:21 PM
Re: 2 FUcking BRight
 
lay your sunglasses in front of it. 8)

sloTeg 03-03-2008 09:42 PM
Re: 2 FUcking BRight
 
i got the NV series and they are bright as ---- too, except green. They are lit by LEDs which can run off really low voltage so when i wired in a pot it wouldnt dim them at all, so i just stuck some window clingon tint and it worked fine.

Birdley42008 03-04-2008 12:36 PM
Re: 2 FUcking BRight
 
reverse dimmer switches, dashboard goes up, gauge goes down FTW! :6

E-b0la 03-04-2008 05:09 PM
Re: 2 FUcking BRight
 
Originally Posted by Birdley42008
no, this way is free and easy. If the gauge reacts to the dimmer switch on your dashboard then reverse the wiring so that when you make your inside tach brighter it makes the gauge dimmer. I accidently did it on mine, except i find a common equilibrium where both are visible, haha. :6

That's a really good idea if the gauges are brighter than the dash.

stenseltizm 03-04-2008 09:38 PM
Re: 2 FUcking BRight
 
Originally Posted by Birdley42008
no, this way is free and easy. If the gauge reacts to the dimmer switch on your dashboard then reverse the wiring so that when you make your inside tach brighter it makes the gauge dimmer. I accidently did it on mine, except i find a common equilibrium where both are visible, haha. :6
or just wire it into the factory dimmer switch through an extra resistor to knock down the voltage a little extra. then they'll be the same.


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