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| bob neville Member Since: 30 Apr 2009 Location: Marbella Posts: 3247   
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Thats normal if you only connect the 12v permanent and earth - you need the switched live to be connected as well.
Connect the permanent live, switched live and light cables to positive and black to negative and it should spring into life. Bob |
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19th Feb 2011 6:31pm |
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| kljw Member Since: 23 Jan 2009 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 265  
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Bob
chhers for the info, will have alook at that tommorrow. Cheers keith puer claudius |
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19th Feb 2011 8:28pm |
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| MartinK Member Since: 02 Mar 2011 Location: Silverdale (Lancashire/Cumbria Border) Posts: 2664  
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THANK YOU for posting guys.
Just ordered mine...btw you can now get them off AMAZON (still through Conrad) here http://www.amazon.co.uk/10330-Check-Temp-I...amp;sr=8-3 It's a £1 cheaper, but also quicker if you're already an Amazon customer (i.e. all you address details & account already set up). Defender "Puma" 2.4 110 County Utility (possibly the last of the 2.4's) |
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4th Nov 2011 11:43am |
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| tatra805 Member Since: 16 Aug 2011 Location: Dolany Posts: 436  
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did not see it mentioned yet but you can wire in the contact relay of the checktemp in series with the AC switch.
Program the checktemp at your desired temp and it will engage the airco automatically while you maintain the possibility to switch off the airco by using the original switch. For demisting/ winter time, press the right side button for 5 secs and the monitoring function is switched off an your original switch works as normal allowing you to switch on the airco even if the cabin temp is lower than the set checktemp temp. Dont know if the text makes sense but it works great. cant remember if i used the NC or NO contact of the checktemp  |
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13th Nov 2011 5:54pm |
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| pom Member Since: 01 Jun 2010 Location: Worcester Posts: 1343 |
if you dont fancy all that hard work you could get a scangauge which uses the landy built in sensor.
Pom |
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13th Nov 2011 6:43pm |
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| Thud Member Since: 21 Jul 2012 Location: London Posts: 667 
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Excellent thread. Going to make this my next project. Thanks.
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27th Apr 2013 7:27am |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069 
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instead of the temperature gauge, why not just plug in an UltraGauge ? it has temperature as well as loads of other engine information and can be used to review and reset any faults. LorryMan100 produced a great write up on the forum and the unit is about £60
it plugs directly into the OBDC socket and the only tricky bit is running the wire around the back of the dash to the window.  Click image to enlarge |
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27th Apr 2013 7:51am |
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| landybehr Member Since: 17 Apr 2013 Location: -D- Posts: 173 |
there“s how/where I chose to put the sensor cable. Hard to tell from the pic, but the sensor is rivetted to the wing“s aluminium just underneath the headlamp.
The position seems to make it very little influenced by road-dirt, engine-heat or sun radiation, be the car stationary or on the move. I like that - don“t want to drive some time until the reading settles down to the real values (should I have parked it for a while in the sun). |
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27th Apr 2013 9:52pm |
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| borderterrier Member Since: 09 Dec 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 1677 
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I have a Garmin eco that does all that, but I like the check temp as its a dedicated item that can be fitted into the dash. I also like the fact that it can manage the aircon. |
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27th Apr 2013 11:40pm |
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| borderterrier Member Since: 09 Dec 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 1677
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Anyone done the wiring for this to control the aircon?
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4th May 2013 9:40pm |
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| borderterrier Member Since: 09 Dec 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 1677
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Sorted and it works brilliantly
Thanks DG |
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12th May 2013 8:47pm |
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| dgardel Member Since: 30 Nov 2008 Location: Veneto (Heart & Head) Posts: 3586 
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You are welcome! Scheme 1 or 2? Discovery 5 td6 HSE Stornoway Gray Outback Engineering Limited Edition
IID Pro MV License |
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12th May 2013 9:55pm |
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| borderterrier Member Since: 09 Dec 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 1677
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1 mate. Not sure what the heating cooling setting does though? |
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12th May 2013 9:59pm |
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| Go Beyond Member Since: 30 Jan 2012 Location: Headcorn, Kent Posts: 6676
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Can you post up the wiring details for linking into the aircon please
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12th May 2013 10:18pm |
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