[Tigers] Amp Meter

[Will Seay]

Robin,
If I read you correctly, you disconnected your ammeter and inadvertently 
grounded both of the (8 ga) wires which previously went to the ammeter.  And 
both 'sparked' to ground.  The ammeter should have alternator connected to 
one terminal and battery to the other.  If you ground (spark) the alternator 
side to ground it shouldn't spark - assuming that the engine isn't running 
while you're doing this.  Ground the battery side and it will 'spark'.  The 
fact that both ammeter leads 'sparked' suggests to me that you somehow 
bypassed your ammeter when you did your alternator install and that both 
leads are somehow connected to the battery (and probably the alternator 
too).  Check your wiring.

Will - B382001570
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Will Seay wseay at embarqmail.com
----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Robin Young" <robin02 at mindspring.com>
To: <Tigers at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 7:40 PM
Subject: [Tigers] Amp Meter


...   Both of the eight gage wire ends sparked to
ground (forgot to disconnect the battery).  Do I really need to have the
meter worked on or is there some other place I need to investigate?
........think I will repaint the needle while I wait.    Robin Young