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Author:	Mike [ Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:23 am ]
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i've got an ammeter i want to install in my sierra but the instructions are dodgy and say there are a few different ways it can be installed so does anyone know how to install one in a sierra? Cheers

Author:	royce [ Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:27 am ]
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Jack front right hand tyre up place ammeter under tyre lower jack you're welcome

Author:	Scrawny [ Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:55 am ]
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Why the right front Royce? Will it work under the other ones?

Author:	Damo [ Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:11 am ]
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ScrawnC wrote: Why the right front Royce? Will it work under the other ones? right front, because that's where the most weight is, because of the driver. Which means you have to sit in the zook and have someone else jack it up, but the affect is the same Get yourself a voltmeter Mike.

Author:	Mike [ Mon Nov 24, 2008 5:14 am ]
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Damo wrote: right front, because that's where the most weight is, because of the driver. are you having a go about my weight Damo wrote: Get yourself a voltmeter Mike well i've got this gauge already i may awell use it

Author:	royce [ Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:03 pm ]
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OK serious answer now see the thinner wire coming off the positive batter terminal into the loom? pull that off and hook 1 side of it to one terminal and the other terminal to the battery, make sutre you use really really fat wire now look how far that wire has to travel to get to the gauge and back and imagine the voltage drop it will induce both from ant to the battery, combine that with the voltage drop standard from the massive run the standard loom does and youll be loving your new dim lights and half flat batteries

Author:	TZAR [ Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:49 pm ]
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I am also in the IHAWAP club ( I hate ammeter with a passion) They are nothing but trouble. Basically all your charge from your alternator to the battery goes through this gauge. And what does it tell you? nothing really except your battery is charging. So imagine your $45 set of three gauges which probably cost $10 to produce meaning your $3.33 gauge now supports if your car will charge or not. if this $3.33 piece of equipment fails then you are stuck on battery power to get home. All because you have it. Sometimes it pays not to do things. I have penis and a blender but I don't put my penis in the blender cause I can......

Author:	lump_a_charcoal [ Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:04 pm ]
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As if you could reach the blades anyway... Anyway, yeah get a volt meter instead, much more useful, and easier to hook up.

Author:	Mike [ Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:38 pm ]
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i didn't realise they were that bad i might have to see if i can get a voltmeter to match my other gauges

Author:	Zook_Fan [ Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:03 pm ]
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lump_a_charcoal wrote: As if you could reach the blades anyway... Ah hhahahahha

Author:	royce [ Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:42 am ]
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just as an example my mini had an ammeter and I pulled it out and fitted a volt meter, next time I drove it the generator died and I knew cause the voltage read lower, also gives you a better idea of when you are about to push than an ammeter they are handy for checking out things like whether you have enough juice to run lights and stuff though

Author:	Mike [ Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:51 am ]
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would 12 gauge wire be thick enough to use to hook it up?

Author:	royce [ Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:56 am ]
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FUCK NO!!!!!! all the power from your car is going through it, 8 gauge at the min

Author:	Mike [ Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:02 am ]
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haha ok then i didn't think the wire coming from the alternator was that thick

Author:	royce [ Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:06 am ]
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its not but its only 50cm from alt to battery, tis a long way to the dash and back the cable will cost more than a volt meter

Author:	Mike [ Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:16 am ]
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but a volt meter won't tell me if the accessories in my car are drawing more than my alternator is charging

Author:	royce [ Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:25 am ]
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yes it will cause the voltage will sit at battery voltage not 14.4 when its running

Author:	TZAR [ Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:01 pm ]
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you could make up a test ammeter just undo the wire from the alternator to the battery and put it on one terminal of the gauge. Then put a little wire from the other terminal to the battery. turn on all your accesoriereseresessssss (sp) and check you gauage Then wwork out what is drawing hard turn them on one by one and have a look and work it out. Then sell it on ebay after you are finished Good volt gauges are only $20 -30 hell you could even just by a multimeter and mount that in the car

Author:	Mike [ Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:46 pm ]
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i went and had a look for a volt meter and the only one anyone had in stock was this weird blue faced one i can't seem to find anything to match the gauges i have and i don't really want to have to replace all my other gauges

Author:	Brett [ Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:44 am ]
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Mike wrote: i went and had a look for a volt meter and the only one anyone had in stock was this weird blue faced one i can't seem to find anything to match the gauges i have and i don't really want to have to replace all my other gauges its a sierra, half of the car will come from some thing else when your done with it, think of it as a "feature gauge"

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