The main part of an ammeter is the shunt which is a calibrated resistor. All you are measuring whether (and how much) current is coming from or going to the battery.
The shunt has to be spliced into the positive battery cable and all the current has to go through it. Make sure that you spliced into the battery cable and not into a load cable! You can't have other wires coming off the battery terminal or the readings will be inaccurate. Also you can't have it in parallel with the battery positive cable or it won't work at all. The sensing wires from the shunt go to the ammeter - with the correct polarity. If it is set up like this then it should work. Nick > > From: "mark krawczuk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: amp meter > Date: 01/05/2002 17:30:07 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > hi, i betchya the amp meter will only work when u are cranking it over? > > you will have to connect it thru the wire that comes of the back of ya alternator >tht goes to battery,... > > mark k > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ben > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 6:17 AM > Subject: amp meter > > > just installed a el cheapo amp meter, hooked it up how it suggests.....is series >with the hot wire off the solenoid. and it does nothing, doesnt move at all.....any >ideas??? > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message was sent through MyMail http://www.mymail.com.au --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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hi, i betchya the amp meter will only work when u
are cranking it over?
you will have to connect it thru the wire
that comes of the back of ya alternator tht goes to battery,...
mark k
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