Frank,
Have you tried another amp meter, temporarily, to see if it acts the same
way? It sounds like you have tested everything else and the meter may be
just a little loose inside, assuming you have re-checked the connections as
Tom as suggested. (BTW, check all the connections that affect the amp meter
in addition to the back of the gauge itself.)
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Frank Fisher
Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 10:45 PM
To: Tom Householder
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] amp-meter readings--TR3
thanks Tom
im not sure if i have a problem or just a coincidence.
my car is
a fresh (500 mile) renovation.
at about 250 miles the generator died. buddy Paul had given me 2 spares so i
just changed it out.
then the amp-meter
started to jump about. sometimes +30A others -15A.
then about a week ago it
stopped jumping about and read just a tad less than zero amps. when i ran it
in the dark it discharged the battery and did show negative amps on the
gage.
so i now changed out my control box and its giving charge again. the control
box i changed out was brand new.
the amp-meter is still a little jumpy, but every thing is running good.
the generator gives out +/-30 volts and has about
6 ohms resistance. so i think its OK.
im just curious if your amp-meter likes
to "jump" around a little.
Frank
________________________________
From: Tom
Householder <trhouse@columbus.rr.com>
To: Frank Fisher <yellowtr3@yahoo.com>
Sent: Sat, January 2, 2010 7:53:26 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] amp-meter
readings--TR3
not sure what your problem is however I can say that My TR2 with 7k original
miles lot an amp meter.. the solder joints went bad
I simply
re-soldered the shunt and put it back in
tom
On Jan 2, 2010, at 8:22 PM,
Frank Fisher wrote:
> hi Guys
> 4 years ago when i was driving my TR3 i don't
recall the amp-meter bouncing around between positive charge and zero. as
you will guess it like to do that now. any thoughts?
> history is:
> in 600 miles
> burned out one generator
> replaced the brand new control box with the old
one.
> thanks
> Frank
>
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