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BMW clock connection

Post by winchman » Wed Feb 01, 2012 6:37 pm

Hello
I cant find this by searching so can some one tell me the correct way to connect this up as I cant tell which wire is live etc
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Re: BMW clock connection

Post by haydn callow » Wed Feb 01, 2012 6:57 pm

Red/Yellow=Permanant live (clock)
Brown=Earth
The other wire=switched live(clock light)
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Re: BMW clock connection

Post by winchman » Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:24 pm

haydn callow wrote:Red/Yellow=Permanant live (clock)
Brown=Earth
The other wire=switched live(clock light)
Thanks :D
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Re: BMW clock connection

Post by Northern Bongolow » Thu Feb 02, 2012 4:55 am

haydn also changes the bulb colour and the face plate colour if desired, dont you haydn. =D> =D>
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Re: BMW clock connection

Post by haydn callow » Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:34 am

all part of the service !!
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Re: BMW clock connection

Post by winchman » Thu Feb 02, 2012 8:35 pm

Now for my next question how do I change it from orange to green?
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Re: BMW clock connection

Post by haydn callow » Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:10 pm

This involves pulling the clock to bits....removing the orange filter and putting in a green LED (polarity sensitive)
Or send just the clock to me with £7.50 and I will do the job and post back.
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Re: BMW clock connection

Post by winchman » Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:44 pm

haydn callow wrote:This involves pulling the clock to bits....removing the orange filter and putting in a green LED (polarity sensitive)
Or send just the clock to me with £7.50 and I will do the job and post back.
Thanks I will have a go.
I did find a BMW digital clock in the scrappy, but cant get it to light as its got 4 wires? Any ideas?
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Re: BMW clock connection

Post by jaylee » Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:09 pm

If its anything like the gauges i fitted? It will have two wires for the negative & positive of the actual clock.. Then the other two Positive to the dash light loom & the other to ground... Designed to back light with the dash when the sidelights come on...?

What are your clock four wire colours...?
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Re: BMW clock connection

Post by haydn callow » Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:14 pm

winchman wrote:
haydn callow wrote:This involves pulling the clock to bits....removing the orange filter and putting in a green LED (polarity sensitive)
Or send just the clock to me with £7.50 and I will do the job and post back.
Thanks I will have a go.
I did find a BMW digital clock in the scrappy, but cant get it to light as its got 4 wires? Any ideas?

Have fun....easy to damage it.
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Re: BMW clock connection

Post by winchman » Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:18 pm

haydn callow wrote:
winchman wrote:
haydn callow wrote:This involves pulling the clock to bits....removing the orange filter and putting in a green LED (polarity sensitive)
Or send just the clock to me with £7.50 and I will do the job and post back.
Thanks I will have a go.
I did find a BMW digital clock in the scrappy, but cant get it to light as its got 4 wires? Any ideas?

Have fun....easy to damage it.
Being an engineer I have broken far more expensive things than a BMW clock LOL :D
I did get two incase I had an accident.
The digital one I can get to light up but just displays zeros?
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Re: BMW clock connection

Post by Driver+Passengers » Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:45 pm

winchman wrote: The digital one I can get to light up but just displays zeros?
If you leave it on for just over a minute, does it say "00:01"? :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: BMW clock connection

Post by winchman » Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:01 am

Driver+Passengers wrote:
winchman wrote: The digital one I can get to light up but just displays zeros?
If you leave it on for just over a minute, does it say "00:01"? :lol: :lol: :lol:
Hey you had me thinking then LOL
No it dosnt and the buttons dont work either
Hang on a minute, its started its now on 00:01 no its 00:02.
So how do we explain that? :D
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Re: BMW clock connection

Post by Driver+Passengers » Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:11 am

winchman wrote:
Driver+Passengers wrote:
winchman wrote: The digital one I can get to light up but just displays zeros?
If you leave it on for just over a minute, does it say "00:01"? :lol: :lol: :lol:
Hey you had me thinking then LOL
No it dosnt and the buttons dont work either
Hang on a minute, its started its now on 00:01 no its 00:02.
So how do we explain that? :D
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Re: BMW clock connection

Post by jaylee » Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:40 pm

Hey Winchman, it wouldn't happen to have an exterior temp gauge on the readout too would it??

I got hold of something similar from a 626, but gutted it for a temp gauge for the coolant...

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