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Old 09-25-2014, 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by jimbo01 View Post
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What I have been able to determine is that Backdraft uses a single ground wire to all the gauges. What gauge wire I am not sure. This is not according to VDO instructions. VDO says in their instructions to run a 14ga ground wire to each gauge in order to get a correct reading. Discussing this with several other electrical minded techs, this will be my next step.
Yep, don't daisy-chain grounds or power. You can still just run a ground wire to the other end of the chain or the last point. That will give the current 2 paths instead of just one to ground. It'll be a quick fix.
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