http://hardin-marine.com/

Go to:
http://hardin-marine.com/contact.htm
where you'll find the contact information. Call 'em on the phone in
the morning and ask 'em what gives. This is crazy! It oughta be a
no-brainer to hook up a hot to the ignition switch and ground to
ground.

Next time, buy guages from someone who DOESN'T make engine parts.




On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 22:32:15 -0500, "fiddler"
wrote:

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So I just fried my brand new volt gauge. My better half got me a brand =
new set of Hardin Stainless gauges including water, oil, fuel, volt and =
tach. They look great and they all went in without a hitch, except the =
volt gauge. The set came without any wiring instructions but I am a =
diesel mechanic. I can do it right!? The volt was the last one to go in. =
On the back of the gauge there are four posts, (L)light, (G)ground, (S) =
and (I). Simple huh? Well I connected ground first, then touched battery =
voltage to post (S), the gauge pegged out. Then touched battery volts to =
post (I), gauge read less than 10 volts. I verified battery volts at =
12.6v with my multimeter. Then I touched battery voltage to (S) and (I), =
gauge pegged out. Now I am a little ****sed. I thought that perhaps the =
gauge had a seperate ground for the coil circuit. So it touched ground =
to post (I) and battery to post (S), POP! big mistake. A flash and a =
millisecond later fried gauge. I wrote emails to everyone I could find =
who sells Hardin Gauges to make sure and include instructions with thier =
gauges. of course I wrote the place where my honey bought them and to =
Hardin marine. Needles to say I have an empty hole in my gauge panel but =
the rest of the gauges work great. Now I have to re-order a matching =
volt gauge to the tune of fifty bucks.! The whole set only cost $159.00. =
Lesson learned. Anybody know where I went wrong? I do not want any =
answeres Like "get a pro" or "check your connections". I am a pro, And =
the connections before the gauge are fine. Its the connections to this =
gauge that were wrong along with the one in my brain. Any comments?
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Larry W4CSC

No, no, Scotty! I said, "Beam me a wrench.", not a WENCH!
Kirk Out.....