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05-20-2014, 03:10 PM | #1 |
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What are most common symptoms of AMMETER FAILURE?
When your car's ammeter fails while driving, what happens?
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05-20-2014, 03:22 PM | #2 |
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Re: What are most common symptoms of AMMETER FAILURE?
My ammeter once went up in a cloud of smoke. Then your driving is done unless you bypass it.
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05-20-2014, 03:37 PM | #3 |
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Re: What are most common symptoms of AMMETER FAILURE?
The "bridge" in the Ammeter burns out and all the current goes through the coils of the meter very quickly burning it out and causing an open circuit.
This removes the battery from connection with your generator. Consequently the generator voltage SCREAMS and can burn out your light bulbs. Also possibly in burning open the ammeter can short to it's own case and either ground the battery to the frame causing a fire, or ground the generator to the frame and thus fry it. Or both. http://www.webjunk.com/modela/wp-con...amcolor2sm.jpg You can trace out the wiring in your mind. A voltage regulator will control non-battery connect generator voltage (another recommendation for this over the original Ford setup.) and a fuse at the starter motor protecting the yellow wire with the big loop will protect against a fire caused by a grounded ammeter. Joe K
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05-20-2014, 05:25 PM | #4 |
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Re: What are most common symptoms of AMMETER FAILURE?
The car stops.
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05-20-2014, 05:32 PM | #5 |
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Re: What are most common symptoms of AMMETER FAILURE?
The car stops if not wired pre Nov. '28.
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Re: What are most common symptoms of AMMETER FAILURE?
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