How do i wire up a volt meter?

[OLLYVTS]

I have just brought a digital volt meter and it didnt come with any instructions.I want to wire it up to my amp so i can check everythink is runing ok.It has 3 wires coming out the back of it.Yellow red and black.Where do i wire them upto?:P

Please help!!

[tom187]

Red is live black is earth and the yellow is for dimming the light i think

You can wire it up to the cigarette lighter with the live and earth, but the yellow goes to sidelights i think!

[furioAL]

Red wire - connect to the positive supply of your amp (or the REMOTE of your amp if you want it to come on when your headunit is inserted...)
Black wire - connect to the negative supply of your amp...
Yellow wire - optional.. wire into sidelights to make the guage dim at night when your lights are turned on...

I have wired mine up to my amp in my boot with the wires running underneath the carpet all the way up to my A pillar pod...but have wired it up with a switch in my dash.. as they can get really annoying when driving at night...

You can view the guage and the switch in the dash here:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c44/FurioAL/interior.jpg

The other switch is for footwell neons...

Alex
:)

[OLLYVTS]

If i wire it upto the cigarette lighter it wont tell me how many volts is going to my amp,I thought that was a good way of wiring up a set of foot well neons.Cheers for the reply.

[Predator_R32]

is it a race-x one??

sounds like it, just wire it up as said, the yellow is a dimming feature usually, dimms the lights when sidelights are on, you dont have to connect it up you could just earth it :y:

what exactly do you want the gauge to measure??

[OLLYVTS]

Red wire - connect to the positive supply of your amp..
Black wire - connect to the negative supply of your amp...
Yellow wire - optional.. wire into sidelights to make the guage dim at night when your lights are turned on...

I have wired mine up to my amp in my boot with the wires running underneath the carpet all the way up to my A pillar pod...but have wired it up with a switch in my dash.. as they can get really annoying when driving at night...

You can view the guage and the switch in the dash here:


The other switch is for footwell neons...

Alex



Thanks for that mate.That was spot on i think i would perfer a switch as i could imagine it could get annoying at night on the a pilliar.
I tried to rep you but i have spread some love as i rep you a little while ago for your guide on how smoke fog lights.

[OLLYVTS]

is it a race-x one??

sounds like it, just wire it up as said, the yellow is a dimming feature usually, dimms the lights when sidelights are on, you dont have to connect it up you could just earth it

what exactly do you want the gauge to measure??
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Its this one i have got.I just want to make sure there is enough volts running to my amp plus they look pretty cool aswell.:P ;)
http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/6139/dsc00448nv1.jpg

[saunders]

Looks like a race -x one to me, I was looking at getting one of these mounted on my A piller too, may have to look into it:y:

[Predator_R32]

its not a race x one, exactly the same though, shouldnt have any trouble with wiring them in just use splicing connectors, the hardest part is running the wires :y:

[djrem]

remember to disconnect the battery first.
you dont want to short anything whilst doing this :)