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

i found this under the dash in my eclipse and i have no idea what its for and where it plugs in

its a little black box with a flat wire that has around 5 little wires in it

one with a red stripe
and a plug at the end

i just bought the car and i am trying to work out all the little problems it has

so if anyone knows what this is for let me know thx

Does it have RCA jacks? Back in high school (when dinosaurs ruled the earth) people had epicenters on their car stereos. They were supposed to get more bass out of the system. I suppose they might still be made. IDK...did you google it? Search engines are our friends. :smooch:

nah no jacks what so ever

has 3 maybe 4 wires that go in to the unit and then a flat wire that has 4-5 smaller wires inside it
i am thinking it may be something to do with the Reverse gauges sense it has them and they dont work i still need to pull them out and see if theres a space for it to connect to the back of them

Why don't you trace the wires back and see where they lead? That would givce you a good indication of what it's used for (stereo, gauges, etc).

passenger side of the car and its right on top? if those thats ur throttle box thats where all your throtle cables run into

passenger side of the car and its right on top? if those thats ur throttle box thats where all your throtle cables run into

He said it's under the dash. And it's actually the cruise control box. I don't have cruise on my RS so the cable just runs from the pedal right to the throttle.

are you sure its not for an alarm

are you sure its not for an alarm

It's a good thought but you would think it would have some kind of logo on or it or something if it was an alarm.

It's a good thought but you would think it would have some kind of logo on or it or something if it was an alarm.

true!

It's a good thought but you would think it would have some kind of logo on or it or something if it was an alarm.


Not if it was a factory alarm.

Here's what google came up with http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=epicenter+E12-908D-6A&btnG=Google+Search

http://www.epicenter.com.tw/HTML/INVERTER/dash/dash.htm

IDK

well the only wires that come out of the box seem to be a hot wire and a ground
other then the flat wire that that isnt connected to anything

its my guess that it is for the Gauges the car has some kind of Glow Gauges these are on ebay not sure how long u can view but i'll toss it in the post for people to see what i mean

they dont light up so i am thinking this maybe the power box for the gauges

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/95-96-97-98-99-ECLIPSE-NT-GLOW-GAUGES-MT-LOW-S-H-FEE_W0QQitemZ8068937955QQcategoryZ43952QQrdZ1QQcmd ZViewItem

Not if it was a factory alarm.

It would be tied into a harness if it was the factory alarm, not just a hot wire and a ground with a single harness coming out of the alarm box.

Destrukt, how big of a box is it? Like 3"x2"x2"?? Cause that's about the size of my glow gauges control box.

its about 2"/2"/1.5"
i guess i havent looked at it sense i found it under the dash lol

What does the plug on the end of the flat harness look like? Is it really small?

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

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

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??

take some pics

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

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.

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

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

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

Yeah those look like they're for the gauges.

well where the hell does that flat wire plug in ?

i saw nothing it could go to

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.

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

i dunno its a pretty confusing mess

I think thats an understatement.

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. :rolleyes:

i see well i dont think there is anything wrong with them just not hooked up and sense i dont know much about them and i didnt get the book that would normaly come with the gauges (i assume) i havent a clue where these wires go but the were hooked up to the inverter as u called it but the flat wire was just hanging there under my dash

neways thx for that info it should help me get it working if i can

and i have looked on the sites you have all told me about but for some reason the pics never come up so i really cant tell whats going on :(

hey if anyone still cares that is the power supply for the EL gauges I have the same thing in my ranger. mine also burnt out. the flat plug is for the control on mine it is two flat buttons on a flat ribbon wire.

hey if anyone still cares that is the power supply for the EL gauges I have the same thing in my ranger. mine also burnt out. the flat plug is for the control on mine it is two flat buttons on a flat ribbon wire.

Don't bring back WAY old threads especially if they're not yours. This was started in May 2006 and does not need to be brought back from the dead. This will be locked.