Can a tachometer table be modified to match the color code?
If your tachometer has different color code wires, then the table can be modified to suit your wiring color code. Suppose you have a tachometer with black, red and green wires, no yellow wire.
Where does the yellow wire go on a tachometer?
Yellow wire is connected to ignition switch ON position, to connect to positive (+). Green wire to negative (-) or body or ground wire. Black wire for signal, connected to negative of coil, to allow tacho to ‘sense’ engine speed.
How is the tachometer connected to the ignition switch?
As on the schematic, the positive wire from the tachometer is connected to the ignition switch. Signal wire connects to a line between coil negative and contact point. Contact point is replaced by igniter for vehicle with electronic ignition systems. Tachometer negative wire is connected to the vehicle body.
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If your tachometer has different color code wires, then the table can be modified to suit your wiring color code. Suppose you have a tachometer with black, red and green wires, no yellow wire.
How are the red and black wires connected on a tachometer?
The red wire and black wire are tied together, they are for tachometer lighting. Check with multitester if one of those light wires is connected to tachometer body, for example: if black wire is connected to body then the black wire is the ground or negative, and of course the red wire is positive and will be connected to vehicle light switch.
As on the schematic, the positive wire from the tachometer is connected to the ignition switch. Signal wire connects to a line between coil negative and contact point. Contact point is replaced by igniter for vehicle with electronic ignition systems. Tachometer negative wire is connected to the vehicle body.
How is a contact point replaced on a tachometer?
In electronic systems, contact point is replaced by igniter. Because contact point / igniter has function like On-Off switch, the pulsed voltage is recognized as a signal by tachometer to measure engine speed. Amazon best seller automotive analog tachometers and digital tachometers: Sunpro, Auto Meter, VDO, Equus, etc..