Autometer Gauges & Wiring

Autometer Gauges & Wiring http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring.html Pictures of Autometer Competition oil temp and water temp gauges and how I made the wiring harnesses a lot easier to deal with. Click here for the blog entry with a lot more info. Autometer Competition oil temp and water temp gauges. These gauges are LED illuminated, with variable color and full-face warning light. They are BRIGHT! http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring.html#0 ca5028b9-70b2-49b7-a419-88d975703ce7 http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0274.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0274.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Autometer Competition oil temp and water temp gauges.  These gauges are LED illuminated, with variable color and full-face warning light.  They are BRIGHT!</p></div></div> The buttons at the bottom of each gauge are used to program the set points and colors of the warnings, and also to recall peak data (temps) after a session. http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring.html#1 70c0cf7a-7ae2-4d97-ada0-8bc781557f88 http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0275.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0275.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The buttons at the bottom of each gauge are used to program the set points and colors of the warnings, and also to recall peak data (temps) after a session.</p></div></div> Included with the kit is a NPT 1/4” sensor and two adapters to fit larger bungs. Also included is a mounting bracket, terminal compound, wire harness, wire harness labels, and of course an Autometer decal. http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring.html#2 51f14313-81c2-47c6-8ae2-a41d546eb615 http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0277.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0277.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Included with the kit is a NPT 1/4” sensor and two adapters to fit larger bungs.  Also included is a mounting bracket, terminal compound, wire harness, wire harness labels, and of course an Autometer decal.</p></div></div> It may look neat and organized now, but once out of the box, the wiring harness seems like a bowl of spaghetti. http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring.html#3 d9e0f133-db99-4c2d-84c7-018c7d83f39a http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0278.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0278.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">It may look neat and organized now, but once out of the box, the wiring harness seems like a bowl of spaghetti.</p></div></div> Neat. http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring.html#4 a2dc35a4-6ec1-4cec-b4ff-c1549c9c88e8 http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0279.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0279.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Neat.</p></div></div> From left to right: Yellow & black wires are for datalogging (signal & ground), orange and blue wire are outputs for Autometer’s “Pro-Control” (the gauges can trigger an output as a user-defined setpoing, like turning on a fan at 190°, for example), the gray & purple wires with the connector go to the sensor, and the white, red, and black wires (shorter length than the rest) are illumination/dimmer, main +12v power and ground, respectively. http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring.html#5 9afc83a7-61a1-4f89-abd0-4434b4f8c318 http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0280.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0280.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">From left to right: Yellow & black wires are for datalogging (signal & ground), orange and blue wire are outputs for Autometer’s “Pro-Control” (the gauges can trigger an output as a user-defined setpoing, like turning on a fan at 190°, for example), the gray & purple wires with the connector go to the sensor, and the white, red, and black wires (shorter length than the rest) are illumination/dimmer, main +12v power and ground, respectively.</p></div></div> 1/4” “clean cut” expandable black sleeving from McMaster-Carr. http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring.html#6 2fe45484-2daa-4dad-8f33-7b54916c5310 http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0286.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0286.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">1/4” “clean cut” expandable black sleeving from McMaster-Carr.</p></div></div> “Clean cut” type on the left, “fire-retardant” on the right, with cool snake-like white pattern. ;o) http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring.html#7 798d163f-13f2-4516-a693-ae06698e8c57 http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0287.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0287.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">“Clean cut” type on the left, “fire-retardant” on the right, with cool snake-like white pattern. ;o)</p></div></div> The sensor connector is about twice the diameter of the sleeving. http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring.html#8 78f647fd-96fc-487c-8320-6df13d85b289 http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0288.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0288.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The sensor connector is about twice the diameter of the sleeving.</p></div></div> Here is a length of the fire-retardant sleeving. See the snake-like pattern now? http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring.html#9 feeae54e-2b5d-44ec-8fc7-4fde2a6e8a41 http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0289.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0289.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Here is a length of the fire-retardant sleeving.  See the snake-like pattern now?</p></div></div> The sleeving may not look like a boa constrictor, but it acts like one! Here I’m pushing the sleeving together and pinching the end with one hand, and snapping a photo with the other. The dark ring around the inside of the loop is the sensor wire. http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring.html#10 86b2d754-e5d4-4f3f-bcae-66c521636385 http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0290.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0290.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The sleeving may not look like a boa constrictor, but it acts like one!  Here I’m pushing the sleeving together and pinching the end with one hand, and snapping a photo with the other.  The dark ring around the inside of the loop is the sensor wire.</p></div></div> Sensor wire installed, sleeving relaxed. http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring.html#11 ccb18928-7bfe-48bc-9d19-eafd8fe3a92b http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0291.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0291.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Sensor wire installed, sleeving relaxed.</p></div></div> Installed, but the end is a bit frayed. Remember, this isn’t the “clean cut” version. http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring.html#12 2cdfaf74-1f72-49be-a02d-369b78f5df49 http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0292.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0292.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Installed, but the end is a bit frayed.  Remember, this isn’t the “clean cut” version.</p></div></div> “It is a boa constrictor that ate an elephant” - The Little Prince http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring.html#13 821e3eb7-c26f-4b7d-bc6f-2640efce29bd http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0293.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0293.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">“It is a boa constrictor that ate an elephant” - The Little Prince</p></div></div> One done with clean cut, one done with fire-retardant, both ends protected with some heat-shrink. http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring.html#14 1e82c65c-6246-4e53-9e01-3ac4f7d2eaa7 http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0296.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0296.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">One done with clean cut, one done with fire-retardant, both ends protected with some heat-shrink.</p></div></div> Two wiring harnesses. Both have sleeving just over the sensor wires. http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring.html#15 19aa81af-8d40-4362-90a9-ab21d8b08c40 http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0299.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0299.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Two wiring harnesses.  Both have sleeving just over the sensor wires.</p></div></div> Two complete wiring harnesses, both fully sleeved. Much more neat! I used 3/8” sleeving on the larger bundles, and was able to run similar wires for each of the gauges together. When done, there were only 4 wire bundles: Two for individual sensors, one for all of the power/ground/illumination wires, and one for the datalogging/Pro-Control wires. This makes the wires inside of the center console a lot easier to manage. http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring.html#16 8b1325ae-1962-4d94-814f-3ad3de19b324 http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0300.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0300.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Two complete wiring harnesses, both fully sleeved.  Much more neat!<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">I used 3/8” sleeving on the larger bundles, and was able to run similar wires for each of the gauges together.  When done, there were only 4 wire bundles: Two for individual sensors, one for all of the power/ground/illumination wires, and one for the datalogging/Pro-Control wires.  This makes the wires inside of the center console a lot easier to manage.</p></div></div> Some of the current wiring. Kind of messy. I used split loom on the oil pressure gauge I installed a couple of seasons ago. The purple, gray, and black wires go to that sensor, and have become exposed over time. That is gonna change! http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring.html#17 e3b8b447-02fa-4644-80ee-54726997c948 http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0282.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0282.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Some of the current wiring.  Kind of messy.  I used split loom on the oil pressure gauge I installed a couple of seasons ago.  The purple, gray, and black wires go to that sensor, and have become exposed over time.  That is gonna change!</p></div></div> Oil pressure sensor is mounted to the block in the stock gauge’s mounting location. I have a sandwich plate mounted under the oil filter. That sandwich plate has provisions for 3 sensors. Currently, the stock sensor is using one of those provisions. http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring.html#18 3e04c80c-d20c-482a-823e-4f26d86ca2f3 http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0283.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/willm/Site/Photo_Albums/Pages/Autometer_Gauges_%26_Wiring_files/Media/IMG_0283.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Oil pressure sensor is mounted to the block in the stock gauge’s mounting location.  I have a sandwich plate mounted under the oil filter.  That sandwich plate has provisions for 3 sensors.  Currently, the stock sensor is using one of those provisions.</p></div></div>