Teleflex Hour meter

[wschapinjr]

Good Day:
I am just now in the process of installing the above. Finding a ground wire should be easy but finding a switched hot wire is looking to be a challenge.
Just spent a few minutes looking under the dash of my 170DC and I guess I am a bit hesitant to start yanking at wires. I do have a multimeter so I should be able to find a wire through trial and error. However, I thought I would try the forum here to see if anyone else had experience finding a switched wire that willpower the hour meter.

Thanks for the help

[junkman928]

I'm thinking I hooked mine up to the Pos. terminal on the tach. It's been a while since I squeezed in there but I think the gauge lights also work off the Ign. switch being on. The multi meter sure help you find the wire you need.
BS

[boostjunkie1]

Just make sure that your meter is set to DC not AC and your switch is in the on position. This will give you many more options if your wiring is switch/positive based. I will assume that since you are hooking up a gauge you are going to need it to only come on during Motor Operation. This is where you are going to want to look for a feed wire that only has power on it when the ign-switch is in the run/on position. I have my GPS like this so that I do not forget to turn the screen off. Your pumps will be on a toggle switch that will have DC power on the line side at all times unless there is a MAIN disconnect switch to all of your Batt-Powered Accessories! Good Luck and remember to enjoy all the time spent on the boat even when you aren't fishing!!!! JB

[wschapinjr]

Hey guys...thanks for the info. I did find a switched pink wire that I hooked the plus side of the hour meter up to. The easiest way to work on the wires, I found, is to unplug the wire harness under the dash and then remove the ignition switch plate. I then hooked up the harness under the dash so the ignition switch and all its wires were hanging out of the hatch way. A lot easier for this old body to sit in the seat rather than get contorted to work on the backside of the dash.

Rather than splice wires, I found I could strip about .25 inch off the ends and then work them into wire plugs that were already installed in the lines. The soft rubber/plastic housing for the wire plugs holds the hour meter wires in place. No soldering or taping necessary! A few wire ties to clean up the wiring and it's ready to go.

Now to get to the lake and finish breaking in the yami.....might have to take my tackle along in case I get attacked by some trout!

[wschapinjr]

Here is the response from Teleflex....guess there must be two switched wires...

Hello Walt, yellow is the switched hot wire, black is ground. Thank you
for using Teleflex.

Joe Federsel
Technical Support
Teleflex Marine
Sarasota Florida
941/907-1000
941/907-1020 Fax
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