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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:17 pm 
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Recently installed a trip comp into an ef GLi. The comp came with its own plug so I joined the required wires to that. Every thing works fine except when the lights are on and engine running the screen flickers. Any ideas?

 

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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:31 pm 
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bad connection on to negative wire... id say a bad connection to one of the wires

 

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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:38 pm 
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cut the white wire.

You do not need it, with it connected the blacklight will flash on and off fast and slow. its getting mixed dimming signals.

 

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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:13 pm 
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The white wire as in pin 5?

 

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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:50 pm 
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TruBlu wrote:
The white wire as in pin 5?
Yup

 

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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:39 pm 
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Had the same issue when I installed my trip comp....the doco was abit misleading regarding the white wire

 

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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:42 pm 
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Should I hook up pin 2 from the clock? The ign power?

 

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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:48 pm 
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TruBlu wrote:
Should I hook up pin 2 from the clock? The ign power?


No, do not connect the Pin 2 (Red / Dark Green) Clock Ignition Power if installing a Trip Computer.

The Trip computer wakes itself up with the Data wire from the Cluster.

 

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