Brighten Indiglos

[lexrockhard]

Anyone else get a hear a faint high-pitched noise when you adjust your reverse indiglo gauges to it's brightest setting? Don't know if this is related, but after a few minutes being switched on, my reverse indiglo gauges suddenly get dimmer. If I shut the lights off for awhile and come back to the car, the indiglo gauges are normal and bright again (the duration of this depends on how long i left the lights off - 15 minutes = a few seconds, an hour = a minute, for example).

The indiglo gauges draw power from the fog light switch. I had to use another cable as an extension to get the cable connected to the indiglo's box long enough to reach, so I might change the extension cable to see if this fixes it.

 

[Defiant]

Try finding a more "pure" source of power. The indiglo adjuster will want a full 12V supply.

 

[lexrockhard]

Im probably going to disconnect it from the fog light switch and find a HVAC lighting wire to connect it to (i won't need to extend the inverter box's wire). Since the HVAC lights dim with the stock dimmer, will that mean the indiglo gauges connected to these wires will dim as well?

 

[Venom55]

Just run the Power wire true the "Cluster gauge" fuse in your fuse box under your dash, and connect the ground to the chassi, thats what i did and they don't dim at all, unless I use the inverter. So when youll put your key at on they will automaticaly light up

 

[lexrockhard]

I took apart the dash again and I saw that my splice to the fog light switch had come loose. I retightened the splice. In addition to that, I used 18gauge wire to extend the inverter's wire. I know it's much thicker, but thicker doesn't hurt. Stays bright all the time now.

 

[KLikLo]

Originally posted by Defiant
Try finding a more "pure" source of power. The indiglo adjuster will want a full 12V supply.

I wired mine up to the same source, no problems so far...

 

[Defiant]

Beauty.