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jabbahutt

posted on 19/2/08 at 11:05 AM Reply With Quote
last one for now, promise!!

Again good morning

If I have a bulb on each gauge for illumination and want to connect all six for ease to a single +'ve and earth to keep things simple what's the best way to do it.

I'm trying to do the wrinig properly rather than gash it as I know it'll end up biting me further down the line so I'm trying to adopt the proper methods.

So 6 wires to 1 wire, best method or is this frowned upon for some reason.

Last question for now then i'll leave you all in peace for a bit until i confuse myself again

Cheers all
Nigel






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02GF74

posted on 19/2/08 at 11:09 AM Reply With Quote
there are a number of ways. two of which I have used.

1. twisted all the wires together and pushed into a terminal blocks - not problkems so far.

2. solder wires together - r1_pete will post piccy of one possible solution

3. use a multi termianl block with spade connectors from VWP

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dhutch

posted on 19/2/08 at 11:19 AM Reply With Quote
Presuming there all really fairly small, as 02 says you can proberbly twist them together and treat them all as one wire however you would deal with that.
- If your crimping everything, i would proberbly twist them up and use a crimp connector that size. Eather to join it stight onto another wire, or have a spade conector between the two if you plan to remove it ever.


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r1_pete

posted on 19/2/08 at 11:34 AM Reply With Quote
Personally I'd festoon them and solder as per the green blobs in the picture.

If you're careful you can strip the insulation on the main feed wire enough to solder into without cutting it, re-insulate with a bit of heat shrink. Once done its as good as one peice of wire.

Rgds.
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Ian D

posted on 19/2/08 at 11:50 AM Reply With Quote
Why not daisy chain them?
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jabbahutt

posted on 19/2/08 at 12:00 PM Reply With Quote
how would I do that Ian? what connectors etc would I use and can you explain how it would connect up

Cheers






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Spyderman

posted on 19/2/08 at 12:00 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Ian D
Why not daisy chain them?

Because then you have to divide the voltage between the number of bulbs. So with six bulbs you would have 12v/6bulbs = 2v for each bulb.
2volt bulbs are much harder to find compared to 12v items. Also if one bulb blows then they all go off.





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dhutch

posted on 19/2/08 at 01:05 PM Reply With Quote
Well depends what you mean by daisy chain.
- You could certainly chain them up in parallel like pete has suggested.


Daniel

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2b_pablo

posted on 19/2/08 at 01:14 PM Reply With Quote
daisy chain, wire from main connector to + on first gauge, then a new wire from + of first gauge to + of next gauge, etc etc

use ring crimps to make install/removal easy.





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vinnievector

posted on 19/2/08 at 02:05 PM Reply With Quote
Jabba

Jabba ,You are mearly sratching the surface when miethering these poor guys to death for electrickery advise wait till i start wiring up they wished i was not born.
we cant all be good ,any how my servises are yours in the sheet metal department if you wish any advise .

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r1_pete

posted on 19/2/08 at 02:16 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by vinnievector
Jabba ,You are mearly sratching the surface when miethering these poor guys to death for electrickery advise wait till i start wiring up they wished i was not born.
we cant all be good ,any how my servises are yours in the sheet metal department if you wish any advise .


Yes swap services, wiring can be a nightmare, get someone else to do it in exch for something you're good at.

You anywhere near Sheffield and have a spot welder??

Rgds.
Pete.






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vinnievector

posted on 19/2/08 at 02:25 PM Reply With Quote
spot welder

dont have can be hired and easy to use , wot you doing .or should we start a new topic dont want to intrude on Jabba.
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tks

posted on 19/2/08 at 06:28 PM Reply With Quote
i would do the tree crimping method...

and would hook the V+ up to the side lights.

in that way your bulbs come on when you put on the lights like in a normal car

Tks





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2b_pablo

posted on 19/2/08 at 06:32 PM Reply With Quote
I wired my illumination to ign+ just, so they are on with the ignition.

made my wiring simpler and means they are on all the time. not that they are very bright at all anyway





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