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Old Sep 4, 2006 | 05:37 PM
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ok so i got glow gauges.................someone said to splice the power one into a 12v source....someone told me to use the cig lighter.....so i spliced it into that....i tested it to see if there was power and there was.....put then i try and use the ground wire and nothing is lighting up on the faces.............am i doing something wrong? i was wondering if u can like splice into another ground wire to ground wire...like i did to the power one......if someone has a write up with pictures or something please let me know......i hate dealing with electrical haha
 
Old Sep 4, 2006 | 08:35 PM
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use the radio ground....my has worked that way for 2 years just fine
 
Old Sep 4, 2006 | 08:51 PM
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whats wrong with the neg wire off the cig lighter? that worked for me in my old civic
 
Old Sep 4, 2006 | 08:53 PM
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any ground will work as long as it is connected to ground, you could just run a wire to the chassis somewhere and it would be fine.
 
Old Sep 5, 2006 | 12:06 AM
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i got it to work finally..........thanks guys!!!!!
 
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