Am I tachometer ready...? (Like Plug&Play)

[Tiwaz]

this is my situation by the area where you'd normally see a tachometer and I would like to install one but don't know if the canon connector dangling in the picture is what I need since most of the pictures for tachometer I have seen on eBay have 5 wires or so, can anyone chime in...?

 

[mgFray]

There are two types of tachs, one is 4-terminals (+ light - so 5 wires needed) and one has a canon connector. I believe that signals are the same in both cases. In the past the ones with the canon connectors have been less expensive because they require the special connector you might have there?

But the easier to source 4-wire should be fine as well. The 5-wire requires power, ground, tach +, tach -, and illumination lights. (Power should be applied only when the engine is running.)

The one I installed in my rig (not canon) came from SecoParts. Looks like the price has jumped a bit in the last year, but may be cheaper then ebay. (I'm not affiliated with seco in anyway, just bought from them in the past.)

 

[Tiwaz]

There are two types of tachs, one is 4-terminals (+ light - so 5 wires needed) and one has a canon connector. I believe that signals are the same in both cases. In the past the ones with the canon connectors have been less expensive because they require the special connector you might have there?

But the easier to source 4-wire should be fine as well. The 5-wire requires power, ground, tach +, tach -, and illumination lights. (Power should be applied only when the engine is running.)

The one I installed in my rig (not canon) came from SecoParts. Looks like the price has jumped a bit in the last year, but may be cheaper then ebay. (I'm not affiliated with seco in anyway, just bought from them in the past.)

MgFray, thanks for getting back, I was actually thinking that if a "canon" tach would work, it'd probably be the easiest quickest solution because the installation would require some sort of a metal bracket and screwing the canon's locking ring in place and that's it, vs. having to connect 5 wires, which honestly I wouldn't even know where

 

[Retiredwarhorses]

MgFray, thanks for getting back, I was actually thinking that if a "canon" tach would work, it'd probably be the easiest quickest solution because the installation would require some sort of a metal bracket and screwing the canon's locking ring in place and that's it, vs. having to connect 5 wires, which honestly I wouldn't even know where

Turbo trucks use the cannon plug version of tach, the signal comes from the generator, the 5 wire tach gets its signal from the tach drive that has a signal generator for the ste/ice, that signal generator may now come from the STE/ICE frequency converter Used on turbo trucks.