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Neutral light on aftermarket gauges

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So the green wire to the guages neutral light is actually a neutral so hooking it to a regular light is unlikely to work. Im not sure the best solution but mine was to attach a simple single pole dual throw (SPDT) relay wired the following way. Hope this helps someone.

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If you have access to both leads. I bought a simple 2240:60 speedometer with a neutral, high beam, and turn signal indicator integrated that has a single negative lead for all lighting. This guage is looking for a positive on neutral whicb my clumbsy solution provides.
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yorkie said:
Ok if it works for you guess that is fine. but in my logical mind. I can't see any issues to solve.
because, if you are not using the stock clockset you will still have the plug ends on the main harness that went to it, all the positive and negative wires you need are right there in those plugs (which BTW are standard configuration plugs available at most auto suppliers) just feed those wires to the new clock job done.
the other puzzling thing to me is why use a standard 4TR (4 terminal relay) and override the relay by joining both power wires to the same source, (keeping the relay energised) it's not what a relay is designed for. one positive wire direct to the bulb would have worked just fine.
I don't have a US diagram handy but on (UK) models the bulb wiring is.
1. clock illumination in, red/blue, out black and yellow.
2. indicators left green in black/yellow out, right grey in black/yellow out.
3. main beam red/black in black/yellow out
4. oil light brown in blue/red out
5. neutral switch brown in light green out.
all those wires are there in the plug ends, the majority of the bulbs are power in earth out but the oil light and neutral light are power in and respective power out to the switches. the best wiring solutions are always the simplest.
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Because there is a single negative lead for all illumination in the clock. There is no way to wire a passive negative trigger. The backlight, the turn indicators, the neutral indicator and high beam indicator all use the same negative lead. All but the neutral send power when active. Neutral is always powered with the brown lead that also powers the coolant and tach gauges. I have to convert the passive neutral trigger to an active one.

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Cheap or expensive most modern clusters use led lighting or lcd screens which carry a common negative terminal. This solution deals with ANY cluster that does not have giant incandescent bulbs... And I did figure it out. Its in the first post.
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LegahC said:
Sounds super confusing.
I did the same thing with a new LED gauge except it didn't have indicators so I wired in a bunch of separate ones on a bracket I made.
Neutral is grounded at the green wire and fed by the brown. Here's the clearest res pic of wiring I could find if it helps you.

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Again, so long as you have access to both leads this isn't an issue. This solution is for clusters with a common negative wherein you cannot access each individual lead.
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