Oil Pressure Switch question.

[BeirBrennerE30]

I am attempting to bench test some custom gauges, Oil pressure and Oil temp. I have a seonsor here that is half oil pressure sensor and oil pressure switch so I should have to be able to keep the idiot light while having a gauge without using a distrobution block.

So my qustion is what signal or voltage is in the oil pressure switch wire? Im away from my car at the moment so i cant really test it for myself sorry.

I am assuming that it is just a ref. voltage that is looking for the switch to click over to ground when the pressure is too low. I really dont want to smoke the sensor so what voltage am i lookin for?

Here are the gauges for those who missed the thred...

[DaveSmed]

Simplest circuit evar. You will have 12v at the switch with the key on. All it is, is one side of a bulb with switched +12v, and the other side grounds through the switch itself.

(12v=w.e. batt voltage is, should you care to be precise)

[BeirBrennerE30]

Simplest circuit evar. You will have 12v at the switch with the key on. All it is, is one side of a bulb with switched +12v, and the other side grounds through the switch itself.

(12v=w.e. batt voltage is, should you care to be precise)

great... thats what I was hoping for. I just didnt know if the voltage was somehow stepped down.

[chivas]

where did you get that gauge cluster from?

[george graves]

From what I know - a guy in Germany that only made a few. ~$500