Wire amp for gauges???

so i got the wire, the one he gave is 2.5mm, my existing one looks only about .5 ,maybe 1mm tops, he said it would work even though it is bigger.

Got it all wired up and NOTHING so i took the grounding wire off the sensors and grounded them separately and now gauges light up fine but there's no signal coming from the oil temp and oil pressure.

So I'm presuming the wire I was given is where my problem is?? But should I not be getting a signal anyway, even when it is a bigger wire???!!


Hey all!

I'm fitting my oil pressure, oil and water temp gauges. The wiring for the sensors for all gauges is too short so I need to extend the wires, (Green and Black[-]).

Just need to know what amp wire I need to add on to these wires, 5amp, 7amp etc???

cheers!

get the same thickness wire fella,like .5 or something ,rating goes off how thick the wire is

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Originally Posted by 20vees

get the same thickness wire fella,like .5 or something ,rating goes off how thick the wire is

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is that all?! guy in the shop was going on about different amps and starting making things sound complicated ha!

thanks man

not a bother, the guy in the shop thinks he is important id say lol...just make sure its flex and not single strand wire you get

Tell him stop talking shite and tell him you want either .5mm sq or .75mm sq If you were near me I could give you some I have coils of it here.next thing is he will start off with saying what gauge size wire you want tell him we are in Europe not America and we use cross sectional area over here and not awg (American wire gauge) .5mm Sq is 20-21guage .75mm Sq is 19-18guage btw

Sorry I am a bit touchy today lol

ha ha ha tweek is right, plus i wouldnt wanna piss you off lol

cheers lads

so i got the wire, the one he gave is 2.5mm, my existing one looks only about .5 ,maybe 1mm tops, he said it would work even though it is bigger.

Got it all wired up and NOTHING :mad::mad: so i took the grounding wire off the sensors and grounded them separately and now gauges light up fine but there's no signal coming from the oil temp and oil pressure.

So I'm presuming the wire I was given is where my problem is?? But should I not be getting a signal anyway, even when it is a bigger wire???!!