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Amps to volts?
Has anyone rewired the factory amp gauge to read volts? Or are there any aftermarket gauges that would match, fit, and read volts?
 
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There is a thread on here somewhere. You send your gauge to a guy who converts it over somehow.
 
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The guy is Rocketman and he does a great job of converting the ammeter to a volt meter. I had him set mine so it reads dead center at 14.4 volts, which is where most regulators want the voltage to run.
 
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Thanks for the info. Good thing I have a spare from when I grabbed the replacement cluster.

I have tried the search on the phone app. Very difficult to use. Only see about ten threads at a time.
 
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EDIT: I was wrong about where mine points. You might look at this post, which shows where my meter points and different voltages. But, here are the pics:







 
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The guy is Rocketman and he does a great job of converting the ammeter to a volt meter. I had him set mine so it reads dead center at 14.4 volts, which is where most regulators want the voltage to run.
I think I conversed with that guy over on MercuryCougar.net and TheCurb. Back when I had my 73 XR7.
 
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