55 6v Amp Meter
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Yes for both. However if I reconnect the battery and start up, the supplemental gauge reads a little over 6 volts. Just puzzling why the stock amp meter is doing this.
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Hey Steve,
You mentioned you were trouble shooting your charging system when this happened? Can you tell us what you were doing at the time. Maybe polarizing your generator? Replacing generator or voltage regulator. Anything like that?
Thanks!
PS,
If you tap at the back of gauge with a screw driver handle, will the needle self center?
You mentioned you were trouble shooting your charging system when this happened? Can you tell us what you were doing at the time. Maybe polarizing your generator? Replacing generator or voltage regulator. Anything like that?
Thanks!
PS,
If you tap at the back of gauge with a screw driver handle, will the needle self center?
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Hey Steve,
You mentioned you were trouble shooting your charging system when this happened? Can you tell us what you were doing at the time. Maybe polarizing your generator? Replacing generator or voltage regulator. Anything like that?
Thanks!
PS,
If you tap at the back of gauge with a screw driver handle, will the needle self center?
You mentioned you were trouble shooting your charging system when this happened? Can you tell us what you were doing at the time. Maybe polarizing your generator? Replacing generator or voltage regulator. Anything like that?
Thanks!
PS,
If you tap at the back of gauge with a screw driver handle, will the needle self center?
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Glad it worked out for you!
In my younger years I worked as a Disc Jockey and a Broadcast Engineer at several radio stations. Some AM ones had multiple towers. Under each tower there was an ammeter and every 48 hours we would have to log the readings of the current at each tower. And the current reading ratios of those towers HAD to read within 5% of their licensed values. If for some reason you got above the 5% limit, a little "tap" on the meter face, would often get you a little lower value, and got the reading under the margin.
I learned not to use my bare finger though. I accidentally found out how RF likes to burn skin. LOL!
In my younger years I worked as a Disc Jockey and a Broadcast Engineer at several radio stations. Some AM ones had multiple towers. Under each tower there was an ammeter and every 48 hours we would have to log the readings of the current at each tower. And the current reading ratios of those towers HAD to read within 5% of their licensed values. If for some reason you got above the 5% limit, a little "tap" on the meter face, would often get you a little lower value, and got the reading under the margin.
I learned not to use my bare finger though. I accidentally found out how RF likes to burn skin. LOL!
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