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321gazza
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Post Fri Oct 23, 2015 7:14 pm

Ok, i've fitted a stack display unit into the shell of my e30 dashboard,to replace all the standard gauge's, now as its a road car i do need the warning light's for the indecators, main beam, side light's handbrake ect, how would i go about wireing in the dash warning light's, i have fitted led light's into dash behined the warning decal's for the indecaitor's, main beam ect just need to get them to light up when being used.
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Post Fri Oct 23, 2015 7:20 pm

Er, connect the appropriate wires to the LEDs!
This diagram should show you where to find the wires: http://www.autolib.diakom.ru/CAR/BMW/19 ... /fig08.pdf
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Post Fri Oct 23, 2015 7:40 pm

Thank you sir, i will now study it and see what i can do as i'm not an electrician at all.
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Post Fri Oct 23, 2015 7:57 pm

Note that a LED is not really suitable for use as the battery warning light. If you insist, it needs to be a bi directional LED, and have a 220 ohm resistor connected across it.
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Post Sun Oct 25, 2015 11:20 am

I did forget to mention that i have only the shell of the dash, all i have is the blue plug and white plug that conects to the back of the dash nothing else, that's why i'm trying to find the feed to the warning light's from those plug's.