I just installed my Lotek gauge pod in my tour this weekend.... the wires have been run but nothing has been hooked up yet. I did notice that for 3 gauges that the pillar does not leave a lot of room for 6 light wires and 9 gauge wires, so what I ended up doing for my gauge pod is this: out of the pod there is one red wire for a 12 volt power source, a yellow for the lights, a black for ground, and green for the oil pressure sending unit. Save for the green wire, the gauges are all wired together (i.e. 12 volt from one gauge runs to the 12 volt on the gauge below and then ends up running out of the pillar on the last gauge's 12 volt terminal, and same for the light power wire, and the ground wires for the lights ran to the ground terminal on the gauge and then down to the ground terminal on the gauge below and out to a single ground wire.) Ok, so now my questions....
1. Did I do the right thing? Am I risking damaging the gauges by wiring them this way?
2. I had to take the pod down to trim the edge, and noticed that one of the wires had accidentally gotten pinched so for precaution it is taped. I do not want my 12 volt power wires grounding out and shorting out my gauges but I cannot see once it is all installed where all the wires are running. I would like to install fuses on both the 12 volt power wire and the light wire. What amperage would be recommended for this kind of a set up? I am running electric fuel pressure, oil pressure, and voltmeter.
Thanks guys... sorry that took awhile to explain but hopefully I have made it clear. I just want to make sure that I do the right thing before I go any further to prevent damage to my gauges and my car.
