[FC] Powering accessories

[Danny Davis]

Kevin,
Welcome to the wonderful world of electrons!  You should get a tool to
measure voltage.  Digital multi-meters are very inexpensive these days.  A
simple test light will take care of most measuring you need to do.
The Panel connections are connected to the dimmer switch of the headlight
switch.  It varies the voltage to control the brightness of lamps in the
gauges.  Great for adding illumination to your accessory gauges.  A test
lamp will vary brightness when probing that connector and the light dimmer
is turned.
Wire sizes are inverse to the number.  16 ga. is larger than 18 ga. so it
will carry more current (load) so you are fine on the wire size.

Dan

On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Kevin Clark kevin at kcvairbrush.com <
kevin at kcvairbrush.com> wrote:

> Hey all. I have two questions.
>
> I am rewiring the accessories under my dash. I have had the oil press and
> other gauges hooked up from the fuse block. The power were supplied from
> the tabs sticking out from the right side of the radio and heater fuse. I
> noticed there are two more tabs on the right side of the Panel fuse. Are
> these two tabs from the ignition or do they turn on when turning on the
> headlight? I suppose I shouldn't hook up any gauges to the Panel tabs. My
> wiring harness are not completely hooked up yet for me to check and I'm
> kind of lost looking at the wiring diagram in the book.
>
> My second question is I made a mistake using 16 gauge wire and the
> instruction calls for 18 gauge wire for a tach. Will this make any
> difference?
>
> KC
>
>
>
>
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> www.kcvairbrush.com
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Danny Davis
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