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Amp Gauge

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Tom H said:
I was there when Jim discovered the loose connection on his ammeter, and IIRC it was the nut holding the spade blade to the ammeter that was loose.

As for wiring the Alternator directly to the starter or battery, you need to understand that when you do that the meter will no longer do its job of MEASURING the amps going into the battery from the Alternator. Depending on how you wired the Ammeter it would most likely show the amps going into the electrical system - lights, ignition, blower, etc, - but you would not know if the amps were coming from the battery or the Alt, and it would never read negative, and you would not know if the Alt was working (unless you added a voltmeter, of course)
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Correct wiring for a voltneter.
 
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