Re: 18g wire good enough?

[ChuckKuecker <ckuecker@mcs.net>]

At 18:17 3/19/97 GMT, you wrote:
>>I am gearing up to install my guages when the y get here and I just want
>>to make sure that the wiring is
>>sufficient.  I am putting in a Voltmeter and Oil Pressure Guage.  Will 18
>>guage wiring work well?
>>Thanks,
>>I am pretty new to electrical decisions minus my stero setup.
>
>Yup. I wired in some elec. gauges, with 18G for power, ground, and also the
>signal. If you haven't already thought of this, you might want to consider
>getting the power and ground for the backlight from the power and ground of
>your one stock gauges light. This should make it so that your new gauges
>dim with the dimmer also. When doing wiring, always solder connections, and
>use shrinktube to cover them. This help prevent any nasty underdash shorts
>and subsequent fires.
>
>Brad
>

I've always wired things like that to the dimmer, too, looks factory! But I 
have to wonder how many new lights one can hang on the dimmer before it smokes.

Anybody?

Chuck Kuecker
ckuecker@mcs.net
C K Enterprises
326 Deveron Circle
Cary, Il 60013
USA
(847) 639-2771
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