Do you have a phone number or e-mail address for MoMa??
Floyd Inman
----- Original Message -----
From: <TATERRY@aol.com>
To: <simbafish@home.com>; <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: Ammeter
>
> In a message dated 6/7/00 12:52:33 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> simbafish@home.com writes:
>
> << To prove further that the meter is probably okay, I removed it from the
> TD and put a 12 vdc 10 amp battery charge across it. A good healthy
> switch in the correct direction. I switched charger leads and the needle
> swung in the opposite direction. Doesn't this indicate the meter is okay?
> >>
>
> Stu, if the meter wasn't bad before, it is now! An ammeter is a very low
> impedance device. If you put a voltage source across the terminals, like
a
> battery charger, which doesn't have much internal impedance, the current
that
> would flow would fry the meter instantly. You'd never see the needle
flick
> it would happen so fast.....having said that, I don't believe your meter
was
> ok even before you bought the car. I'd send it to MoMa for repair.
> Terry
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