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| Author: | SlantSixDan [ Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ammeter.... |
Quote: It gets tricky running the ammeter with higher output alternators........
Yeah, you get to pick either the pre-'70s OE type that works well but has a relatively low current limit before things start burning up, or the post-'70s OE-type that has a high current limit and doesn't work!  There are good aftermarket ammeters, and there are various ways of building an "active shunt" that protects the early-type ammeter from overcurrent...
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| Author: | Matt Cramer [ Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ammeter.... |
Quote: Are you going to run an ammeter or voltage gauge?
Ammeter, with a diode shunt. It's trickier still to make a voltmeter look like my original sideways-mounted ammeter.It gets tricky running the ammeter with higher output alternators........ If I were completely redoing my dash, I might consider a voltmeter (or an aftermarket ammeter). But I'm leaving the stock dashboard in at the moment, and don't like the idea of a dead gauge in the dashboard. |
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| Author: | SlantSixDan [ Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ammeter.... |
Quote: I'm leaving the stock dashboard in at the moment, and don't like the idea of a dead gauge in the dashboard.
I approve! 
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