Personally, I prefer voltmeters in alternator equipped cars. So much easier
to wire, since all your current flow doesn't need to be routed through the
dashboard!
Jon Arzt
>From: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
>Reply-To: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
>To: v.hughes@student.canberra.edu.au
>CC: alpines@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Ammeter Oddity
>Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 17:09:40 -0800
>
> >I assume you've 'converted' (ie swapped the wiring round) on
> >your ammeter for positive ground? - otherwise it will read the
> >wrong way (neg. instead of pos. ) according to the sparkie I
> >spoke to....
>
>Yes, did that, well sort of, it's a 35 amp late gauge for negative ground.
>Actually, it was all running fine before I went to put the headers on and
>had to swap to a new smaller alternator to fit. That was all I changed.
>Then the ammeter (again, nothing else changed) started reading 15 amps a
>little after initial start up, and never would go below that.
>
>When I put on the lights, it goes up to about 25 amps and stays there. Is
>that right? I mean, shouldn't the alternator and voltage regulator
>compensate and bring it back down too?
>
>Jay
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