official_style Posted February 1, 2009 Report Posted February 1, 2009 (edited) on a 97 and an 06, where is a + wire that is always on, when the motor is running, so i can connect up my temp gauges? im sure if i trace the wires to the headlight switch, one of them will work, but which one? thanks for helping my lazy ass out, i dunno where my tester is, and the bikes are taken apart, so i cant start them. Edited February 1, 2009 by official_style Quote
sleeper06 Posted February 1, 2009 Report Posted February 1, 2009 The yellow wire that comes off stator harness is always on when bike is running Quote
Snopczynski Posted February 1, 2009 Report Posted February 1, 2009 Is it an electric gauge? Or is this to run the light in the gauge? Quote
official_style Posted February 1, 2009 Author Report Posted February 1, 2009 Its the jt atv electric gauge with led backlight, is there a yellow wire going into the headlight switch? The seller told me this is what is used on most shees. Quote
Snopczynski Posted February 1, 2009 Report Posted February 1, 2009 That answered about half my question. Does the gauge itself need voltage to show a temp reading, or is it mechanical. If you are just running the light, then use the taillight circuit wire.if the gauge is electric, then you need to make sure it will run off 12V ac. Quote
official_style Posted February 1, 2009 Author Report Posted February 1, 2009 Sorry for the confusion, yes its an electrical gauge, and can be powered by ac or dc. It basically has 3 wires, ground, + and the wire that goes to the coolant temp sensor. Wouldn't the taillight wire be off when the switch is off? (My 97 has no brake light) I was thinking a wire that is going to the headlight switch would have constant power. Quote
Snopczynski Posted February 1, 2009 Report Posted February 1, 2009 Sorry for the confusion, yes its an electrical gauge, and can be powered by ac or dc. It basically has 3 wires, ground, + and the wire that goes to the coolant temp sensor. Wouldn't the taillight wire be off when the switch is off? (My 97 has no brake light) I was thinking a wire that is going to the headlight switch would have constant power. Use the tail light wire if you just needed to run the backlight. If its an electric gauge, then you need the power feed to the headlight switch. Quote
official_style Posted February 1, 2009 Author Report Posted February 1, 2009 It needs power to get the temp, so I am going to wire it to the headlight switch, thanks for the help. Quote
official_style Posted February 11, 2009 Author Report Posted February 11, 2009 is the light green wire that goes to the headlight switch a - ? Quote
Woolfman Posted February 11, 2009 Report Posted February 11, 2009 I believe you need to hook into the yellow with a stripe here is a diagram link hope it helps http://www.dfn.com/benkaren/elecfaq.html Quote
AKheathen Posted February 11, 2009 Report Posted February 11, 2009 is the light green wire that goes to the headlight switch a - ? it's low beam power. x2 on yellow/red Quote
official_style Posted February 11, 2009 Author Report Posted February 11, 2009 ok so yellow/red for +, and the black from the kill for - . i started it up with both hooked up to + wires, think the gauge is fried? Quote
Woolfman Posted February 11, 2009 Report Posted February 11, 2009 ok so yellow/red for +, and the black from the kill for - . i started it up with both hooked up to + wires, think the gauge is fried? that shouldn't fry it it's not like home wiring there is only one phase only 12v possible. It just wouldn't work that way so hook it up right and should be fine. Quote
Woolfman Posted February 11, 2009 Report Posted February 11, 2009 once you get that gauge working let me know how you like it. I'm thinking about getting one Quote
official_style Posted February 11, 2009 Author Report Posted February 11, 2009 cool, i have the black one in for service right now, i wanted them to install the tors kill throttle cable, i was a little skurred to be drilling into my carbs. ill take some pics when i get it back tomorrow. it definetly seems like a good kit, the install was easy, except for hooking up the wrong wire. Quote
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