If its a four pin plug and there are five wires on the ribbon cable,i bet one of them don't do anything.

 

Completely unrelated but I have a dumb question...can this thermostat be used as a speed control?

 

No, its a spring loaded switch,

 

.... Will this power supply work? If so, I have no idea how To wire the display..the sensor itself is pretty basic...3 wires that I assume are pos / neg / ground? But where the 5 wires of the wafer cable go I have no idea :SView attachment 95871

Pos Signal Gnd.
See post #27
Max.

 

Yes max I did see post 27, but that's why I apologized for being a numbskull because I really don't understand your instructions I hate it when I cant decifer what is being explained. I could really use some basic step by step instructions, I'm very unsure about what I can use to power the sensor, and really cant understand what wires from the wafer cable go where etc....Can I use the power supply I posted? I posted a pic...once I know I have the correct power supply, then I just need someone to say "put this wire with this wire, then connect to this" etc etc. Once again im really sorry but I really don't know allot of the terminology among other things...

 

Re post#27,
The sensor Brown is + 12V
Blue -12V
Black to INP


Yes you can use your psu Grey is +12V
White is -12V

Put the plug of the ribbon cable into the display and follow the wires from the pins on the display,to the ends of the cable and connect them.
Post pictures if it helps.

 

Re post#27,
The sensor Brown is + 12V
Blue -12V
Black to INP


Yes you can use your psu Grey is +12V
White is -12V

Put the plug of the ribbon cable into the display and follow the wires from the pins on the display,to the ends of the cable and connect them.
Post pictures if it helps.

Thanks Dave I'm gettin there but there is nothing on the display telling me what wire does what. I'll attach a few pics here...the sticker was on the sensor, please let me know if you can see the pics well.

 

Mission accomplished gentleman! I got some gator clips and decided to try a bunch of configurations...I almost gave up then tried another round and got it! Thanks all for the help, and especially Max for reccomendation of the sensor and advice. You guys really are awesome, it's so nice to have help with my endeavours. Much respect!

 

Perhaps to finish the story you can draw a schematic of how you actually ended up hooking it up for the next guy who does a search on the subject.

 

Mission accomplished gentleman! I got some gator clips and decided to try a bunch of configurations...I almost gave up then tried another round and got it! Thanks all for the help, and especially Max for reccomendation of the sensor and advice. You guys really are awesome, it's so nice to have help with my endeavours. Much respect!View attachment 96019

Kudos to you too, Mr Pickles, for your perseverance and willingness to learn something new.

 

Incidentally how did you affix the magnet and what to?
Did you try it with ferrous metal flag?
Max.

 

Hey guys! Max all I did was affix the magnet to the edge of a pulley, using its own properties to stick, and it reads fine as far as I can tell. Here is my crude drawing, as it turns out only 3 wires are actually used from the wafer cable. I used a cell phone charger to power it! Thanks again everyone, I really appreciate the support and quick response to my questions etc.