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Can't get my tach lights working

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by thewhiteknight, Mar 12, 2012.

  1. Mar 12, 2012 at 5:49 PM
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    thewhiteknight

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    Did the white led gauge swap and now my tach lights don't work? They all wok but the tach :( ??
     
  2. Mar 12, 2012 at 6:30 PM
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    thewhiteknight

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    Oh well it looks ok. I'll just say I 'meant' to do it like this lol

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  3. Mar 12, 2012 at 7:12 PM
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    You swaped the led's on the tach? They probably arnt connected right or reverse polarity. Just buy 2 more white's and replace them.
     
  4. Mar 12, 2012 at 11:43 PM
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    ^^^this...you might have not soldered them correctly..
     
  5. Mar 14, 2012 at 4:11 PM
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    I went through 4 bulbs on each so I'm pretty sure 8 chips weren't defective an I checked it with a meter and they weren't getting as much voltage as the others.. So I don't know. Could the circuit board have gotten to hot or something?
     
  6. Mar 14, 2012 at 4:12 PM
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    And reversed them about 2 or 3 times and they wouldn't work either way :(
     
  7. Mar 14, 2012 at 4:14 PM
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    check to see if you didnt accidently dropped any solder around the board...that can cause a short
     
  8. Mar 15, 2012 at 6:27 PM
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    I'll look for solder one day when I get bored but its back in the truck for now lol but if anyone else thinks of anything that it could be I'm still listening for help! Thanks
     

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