Your volt meter sounds like a modern VDO gauge. They use the
domed glass in many of their gauges.
Rich
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> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Stu's 30 Amp Gage
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> OK, I didn't tell the whole story yesterday, so here it is. When
> I
> got the car, the gage didn't indicate anything. If you looked
> real
> close, the pointer maybe moved once in a while, but maybe it was
> just
> vibration.
>
> Checking the wiring, I found that it had been wired in using real
> thin
> stranded hookup wire, maybe 26 or 28 gage. Clearly it was added
> later
> by someone unfamiliar with moving electrons. Checking further, I
>
> found it was added just the way it indicated in the book, but
> they
> didn't disconnect the original path so that the current could
> flow
> through the gage. Good thing they didn't, too.
>
> Anyway, I rewired, and it now indicates amps just fine.
>
> I hadn't had the gage out for years, so I crawled underneath the
> dash
> last night for another look. The side of the round case appears
> to be
> metal, while the actual back of the case is black, perhaps some
> sort
> of plastic. The illumination slots are just outside the rear
> surface
> of the instrument panel. It should be real easy to fabricate a
> bracket to put a light in there, but it's not vital at the
> moment. I
> also have a voltmeter, so I can keep track of the electrics
> during the
> one night a year I drive it. The face of the gage has the entire
>
> pointer exposed, and the glass is slightly domed outward. Does
> this
> sound familiar to anyone? My guess is that it was recycled out
> of an
> older British car.
>
>
>
> Stu
>
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