speedo
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The red isn't live (sorry for not responding sooner) the read and white are the equivelent to the white and green on the acewell, so from the teratrip you need to connect its red to a live and the other two wires need to go one to the red on the speedo and one to the white, if they dont work then switch them arround, It is the teratrip that needs to be wired to a live feed not the speedo.
That said if you go the Acewell route we will have it up and running in no time as Stoneleigh.
You will need to bring the teratrip sensor, some red wire (for a live feed) and two other pieces of wire, I woudl recomend using the same colours as the wires on the Acewell or the Teratrip (when I did mine that was white and black for the teratrip but mine is a gearbox mount rather than the speedo cable mount)
You will need a speedo cable.
Some terminals (the terminals can be sourced at the show if need be)
Cable ties to make it all tidy
crimping tool
snips
screwdrivers
plyers
Jr Hacksaw (metal blade)
(Ill have all of these tools with me at the show apart from the Jr Hacksaw so don't worry about them)
Simon
That said if you go the Acewell route we will have it up and running in no time as Stoneleigh.
You will need to bring the teratrip sensor, some red wire (for a live feed) and two other pieces of wire, I woudl recomend using the same colours as the wires on the Acewell or the Teratrip (when I did mine that was white and black for the teratrip but mine is a gearbox mount rather than the speedo cable mount)
You will need a speedo cable.
Some terminals (the terminals can be sourced at the show if need be)
Cable ties to make it all tidy
crimping tool
snips
screwdrivers
plyers
Jr Hacksaw (metal blade)
(Ill have all of these tools with me at the show apart from the Jr Hacksaw so don't worry about them)
Simon
I connected a Multi meter up to the tera trip (the two wires that are not red, the red one needs to have a 12V live feed) and wathced it pulse (change from 0V to 12V). Need to jack up car and turn wheel slowely as you get about 3-4 pulses per revolution, and the duration of the 12V is very very short.
yes the acewell does have a voltage on one of those wires, It confused me when I was first working out the teratrip would work with it.
What colour are your wires on the sender, and what colour are the two wires on the Acewell?
You may need to check that the sender is getting a voltage. The metro and mini have different size square ends on the speedo cable so if your new gearbox is different to the old one you may need a different section of cable or you may just transplant the speedo drive from your old box if you have this issue (Danny had this issue when we first set up his)
try putting the end of the cable in an electric drill and check that the acewell registers it on the speedo.
My acewell had white and yellow cables for the speedo connection and my teratrip has black, white and red connections. The red goes to a permernent live, and the black when to white and the white to the yellow.
I know alans teratrip sensor on Mary was different colours (for the black and white) but we just tried one way and then the other.
Simon
What colour are your wires on the sender, and what colour are the two wires on the Acewell?
You may need to check that the sender is getting a voltage. The metro and mini have different size square ends on the speedo cable so if your new gearbox is different to the old one you may need a different section of cable or you may just transplant the speedo drive from your old box if you have this issue (Danny had this issue when we first set up his)
try putting the end of the cable in an electric drill and check that the acewell registers it on the speedo.
My acewell had white and yellow cables for the speedo connection and my teratrip has black, white and red connections. The red goes to a permernent live, and the black when to white and the white to the yellow.
I know alans teratrip sensor on Mary was different colours (for the black and white) but we just tried one way and then the other.
Simon
Simon,
Bought another Teratrip off of ebay which had differant colours "orange" etc.
Have tried both this and my original one with every combination of wires and the other night did the same and used the drill on the cable, as per your post.
Nothing registering on the speedo.
I have reconnected the magnet and the speedo is now working occassionaly.
For now I am just using the SAT Nav but when I get time I will re check all the wiring on the Acewell, though rev counter etc still working ok
It has got me stumped but I don't want to apy for another acewell yet until I am sure what is wrong
Alan
Bought another Teratrip off of ebay which had differant colours "orange" etc.
Have tried both this and my original one with every combination of wires and the other night did the same and used the drill on the cable, as per your post.
Nothing registering on the speedo.
I have reconnected the magnet and the speedo is now working occassionaly.
For now I am just using the SAT Nav but when I get time I will re check all the wiring on the Acewell, though rev counter etc still working ok
It has got me stumped but I don't want to apy for another acewell yet until I am sure what is wrong
Alan