98 GP1200 Guage Question for you techs

[angelico]

Anyone know how to hook up a guage to display hours with it out of the ski??

Reason is I have a project ski im working on that has no engine/starter/or guts really only the guage, I did figure out a way to make the guage come on and enter in the CODE but I can only get it to lock and unlock I really want to know the hours!!!!

Anyone?

[addicted]

on the 4 pin white plug, hook up black to 12V- and red and green to 12V+

[97GPSLEEPER]

Have you tried pressing the mode button? This will scroll through all the different functions and display the hours.

[dav_dman]

you also have to trigger the signal wire..the feed from the stator i think..wherever it gets the rpm signal from (it's been a while).

i hooked up power, then i took the signal wire and tap-tap-tap about 3 times per second on the hot wire or any steady 12V for about 3-4 seconds and you fool the gauge into thinking you are starting the engine because it's reading rpms..everything lights up like a xmas tree and you can get the hours readout.. been there done that.
have fun.

[addicted]

yup. red and black are power, green is the signal from the rectifier that tells the unit to turn on. I just tested mine 2 nights ago.

[angelico]

Ok so I can connect the red and green to + and the black to - and it will work. Or do I tap the green on the + when the red and black are hooked up.

[dav_dman]

tap the green on the + when the red and black are hooked up.

thats it.

[angelico]

Thanks guys im all set it worked like a charm, one last question. I know the hours are stored on the guage is there anyway to rest it back to zero!

My project ski has 289 hours! I cant have that!