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Hello, I have just recently installed two new GlowShift Gauges into my car. One tachometer and one voltmeter. Each gauge has a red (12v ignition switched) wire, a yellow (12v constant un-switched) wire, a black (ground) wire, and an orange (light dimmer) wire. The tach also has the green (tach source) wire.

Now I hooked the red and yellow directly to my interior fuse panel using add-a-circuits. I used a voltmeter to first check which fuse slot had power when the car was off and I plugged the yellow wire into that one. I then used the voltmeter to find a slot that had power when the car was on, not off. I plugged the red wires directly into that.

After I turned the car on for the first time after the installation, the gauges never turn off.

If I then turn the car off and back on, the voltmeter will turn off then turn back on. The tach just stays on all the time.

Does anyone here have any info about why the gauges are staying on? If I just leave them on, will they eventually drain my battery?

Thanks for looking!

 
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Umm, Double check that you actually got them hooked to the right power sources (IGN or BAT) Test right at the meter if you can.
Maybe you missed on this wire.

Maybe unplug it and see if the gauges shut off now.

Then start over.

What did you hook the illumination (light dimmer) wires to?


May be a bad gauge. (Last choice.)


Lots of possibilities.
Probably installer error somewhere. Recheck all your work.
Probably yes.