Help with power wire.

[stu]

I put this in tonight. Sorry for the low quality lighting in these pictures. Anyway, I went onto G2IC.com and read one of the tips about how to re-wire your fog lights to the rear de-froster. So I just wired the power wire to the one it said to do in teg tips, the problem is, the more and more I think of it, I think I just wired to a key hot, rather than a true power source, because the guage doesn't work. So is a key hot different than a power source that is active when you turn the ignition on? If so, anyone know of a common source to tap into? TIA, ~Stu

[stu]

Another shot.

[stu]

A third shot. I tried to make it look as clean as possible and put it in a somewhat sleeper location. What do you guys think?

[95GSRB18C]

yea you need to hook it up to a source that gives it power when the ignition is turned on.

[stu]

I think I found one from another thread. I guess since I had that cover off, there is plenty of power right in there from the ignition. The problem is, I don't have a test light, not that I'm lazy or anything.

[djet820]

Do you have a CD player or anything? maybe you can somehow connect it to the remote wire.

[stu]

No, see that's essentialy what I already did. I have it hooked up to a wire that signals when to turn on, but doesn't really supply any power itself, which is pretty much what you suggested. But thanks for the ideas anyway.

[AJAX@TurnFive]

Just connect it to one of the power connections on the ecu, get a test light out and just find one that only has power when the vehicle is turned on

Mike

[stu]

Don't have a test light remember? I'm just going to use a multimeter.

[CXhatchboy520]

This should help:

[forum]

there should be an accessory output on the fusebox for that, at least in most hondas there are

[stu]

Thanks guys. CX: Your document wouldn't open. My multimeter is apparently broken, so I'm going to get a test light as soon as my brother gets his ass out of the tub and takes me.

[stu]

Okay, I went and got a multimeter that works, and I have it hooked up to a place that has 12 volts (it reads the same as when I test the meter on the battery) but I'm not getting anything. :( I even tested the power wire right before it goes into the back of the guage and it gets power. I also tested that I have a good ground as well.

Do these guages have a fuse that I may have blown? Or might I have fucked it up when I was installing it? Any help here guys?

I've got another idea I'm going to try whilst I wait for replies.

[stu]

Okay, I figured it out, the guage is getting power, but it's not on or anything, so I think it's just broken.

Anyway, I used a splicer to tap into the O2 sensor, and now the CEL comes on every once and a while, but always goes off when I shut the car off. Tobi told me that since the wire is shielded (similar to coax) that I probably smashed the shield into the main wire and grounded it out. Anyone have any suggestions on:
1) How to fix the current problem, and
2) How I should wire it in the future when I get a new guage that works?

My dad suggested stripping the wire and just peeling back the shield, but I don't know how good of an idea this is in this particular situation. Any takers?