Installed new gauges, old gauges won't light up need HELP!!!

[NPCTNUSA]

I currently installed some white faced reverse indiglow gauges and I have a triple gauge pod pillar with the phantom series turbo, volt, A/F ratio gauges and those were installed when I bought the car. I hooked the gauges up to the turbo gauge's light with the positive wires and I grounded the indiglow gauges to a screw. Well while I was hooking them up I had the wire coming from the turbo gauge light hanging there and it touched metal and sparked so thats prob my problem im sure, sorry I didn't know that would do anything cause i didn't have any power running to them at the time and I didn't touch them on purpose. Well my revers gauges work and thats hooked up to my turbo gauge light which doesn't work but my gauges none of them light up the ones in the dash or my cig lighter or a/c controls. I did test the fuses in the dash there and the ones under the hood, turned the dimmer, I replaced a bulb to see if they burnt out, I tested for continuity in the socket and the gauges work that are you hooked up to the gauges that don't work, it is just really wierd to me if you ask me im hoping that someone out there knows whats going on or can help me please

 

[Hocus]

I'm thinking its your dimmer. You said you turned the dimmer, but you didn't check it right? This happened to me, i took out the dimmer, and saw that a little bit of the plastic case of the dimmer was melted. So that's probably where the problem is.

 

[NPCTNUSA]

hey thanks alot i will def check it, but what im wondering there is power and everything running to the lights that don't work they just aren't coming on for whatever reason cause like i said my reverse gauges are hooked up to something that currently doesn't work but my guess was dimmer to which i don't understand but will give er a shot