What is a epicenter E12-908D-6A for?

[Destrukt]

can i post pics on this forum i'll snap a few pics tomarrow of it i am gonna pull the dash apart and see why my dash lights arent working right anyways

[gthompson97]

Yeah you can post pics. I use www.imageshack.us and then just paste the hotlink for forums 1 into the text box.

[Destrukt]

ok so i pulled off my gauges and tracked 4 wires comming from the gauges (not factory i assume)
and from there i tracked them down to the epicenter e12-908d-6a now the epicenter has 2 wires that go in to it and then the wire from the dash itself
and then comming out of it is a flat wire that has 5 connecters at the end
all the connecters are flat with a black plastic piece there are 2 on one side then a small space for what could be a wire i guess not needed and then 3 more wires/connecter ends
i dont see any place for this to go in the car
and beings alot of people have installed reverse gauges do i need this box to run them or can i just tie them in to a different hotwire ie. the tail lights

neone know??

[violent31601]

take some pics

[Destrukt]

i'll post pics but i cant do it right now i have to go to work

but i took some so it shouldnt be a problem just need to get them on this computer they are on my Dads digi cam

i connected the wires comming out of the back of my gauges to a ground and a hot lead one that only works with the lights i dont seem to have the reverse gauges working so the guy that hooked it up must of done something wrong inside the gauges
maybe crossed some wires or something but they dont light up i really didnt want to have to pull the gauges off but it seems thats where i am going

neways i'll post those pics tonight when i get off from work

[gthompson97]

If he got cheap gauges they could have just gone to hell, I've heard of that happening before, I think I might be part of the crowd too unless mine just blew another fuse.

[Destrukt]

well i want the reverse gauges so whats a good brand?

[gthompson97]

Just get some $30 ebay ones and when they burn out get new ones, mine lasted for like a year before they went bad.

[Destrukt]

ok heres a pic of the little box
i have cut the 3 wires that connect in to the box they are black and stick out of the top the long wire is the one that plugs in to god knows what lol


http://i5.tinypic.com/11ubv42.jpg

[gthompson97]

Yeah those look like they're for the gauges.

[Destrukt]

well where the hell does that flat wire plug in ?

i saw nothing it could go to

[gthompson97]

It should plug into the gauges somewhere, I believe that's the wires for the lights and stuff. Pull out your gauges and see if that's where it connects.

[Destrukt]

well i am not sure if he did some custom work to the gauges

my reason why i think this is
there were 4 wires comming out of the gauges from the top and bottem of the unit
each one is more or less like a speaker wire seems to be a hot and a ground
they all wire together with little connecters then they plug in to 1 black wire
Hot/Ground inside it and that come from that Black Box the E12 whatever
and then 2 wires comming from that black box i am assuming is a Hot and a Ground to plug in someplace

i dunno its a pretty confusing mess

[gthompson97]

Originally Posted by Destrukt

i dunno its a pretty confusing mess

I think thats an understatement.

[Umulig.dk]

Tha black box is the inverter for illuminating plasma gauges. Converts DC power to highvoltage AC power, I think.

One thin wire is for power.
Two/four thin wires feads the gauges.
One thick wire usually goes to some kind a switch, to adjust brightness and/or colour of the gauges.

U can NOT use the gauges without the inverter. U can probably not buy new gauges without included new inverter.