Install Temperature Gauge

[Themanofsteel]

I have a 1988 Bayliner Capri with a Force Outboard Engine 85hp
I'm installing a temp Gauge. I have the Sender and connecting to the Water Jacket.
I know where the Ground goes.
I know where the "S" goes. (To the Sender)
I'm not sure where to connect the "I" 12 Volts.
I'm not sure where to connect the "L" light.

Do i just splice them into other Gauge wires?

 

[Themanofsteel]

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[NYBo]

"I" goes to the ignition switch "I" terminal, usually a purple wire.
"L" is for the internal light's positive. This can also go to the "I" terminal on the ignition switch (it will be on whenever the ignition is on; this is how Bayliner wired the gauges) or to the bow navigation light positive feed, your choice. The lighting circuit for the gauges is usually a blue wire.

You usually just daisy chain off the corresponding terminal on the closest gauge. They will all have the same two terminals.

 

[Themanofsteel]

Great. Thanks a lot NYBo

 

[Silvertip]

No splices. You use ring terminals on the wires and attach them to the applicable terminals on any other gauge.