AAW LED indicator lights wiring help needed - Lateral-g Forums

**Bryan O** · #1 09-18-2011, 08:01 AM

I am doing the wiring of my AAW 1969 Camaro Update kit and I need some help.

Any suggestions on how to incorporate the ground for the LED indicator lights into the guage wiring scheme?

The indicators are all 12V. The gauge of the indicators is higher than that for the rest of the wiring. Probably 20guage vs 18guage.

I figure I can daisy chain the indicators together with the ground for the gauges. But, that seems rather cumbersome and doesn't help much to organize the wiring.

Here's a picture from the front of the dash insert showing the LEDs.

Here's a picture of their wires and the overall wiring of the gauges as it exists now. The loose black ground wire is the wire I could use to daisy chain the LEDs to.

Here are copies of the AAW wiring scheme directions. The left turn signal is pictured on the left. The right turn signal on the right and the high beam is second from the left. I am not using a brake indicator.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

fletcherscustoms · #2 09-19-2011, 05:55 AM

You can daisy chain all the grounds together.

Here are some pics of a DSE dash with 9 gauges I am wrapping up for a customer. I used a American Autowire gauge cluster harness setup for Autometer guages. ITs a little different than the std Camaro harness but as far as wiring it, its all the same.

64pontiac · #3 09-19-2011, 10:52 AM

I agree...... The grounds can tie in with the gauge ground that comes from the dash harness connector. Even though they are different gauge, just tee them together with the gauge grounds and solder the joints...... making a daisy chain harness.

**Bryan O** · #4 09-23-2011, 06:28 PM

Thanks guys! We managed to get the gauges wired but we couldn't solder the larger gauge wires from the LEDs. So, we doubled them over and crimped them to the smaller gauge wires using butt splices. Then we heatshrinked them. I think they'll work and hold.

**canrc** · #5 09-23-2011, 11:45 PM

Looks good Chad!

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Originally Posted by fletcherscustoms

You can daisy chain all the grounds together.

Here are some pics of a DSE dash with 9 gauges I am wrapping up for a customer. I used a American Autowire gauge cluster harness setup for Autometer guages. ITs a little different than the std Camaro harness but as far as wiring it, its all the same.