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Re: Ammeter Oddity

To: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
Subject: Re: Ammeter Oddity
From: Victor Hughes <v.hughes@student.canberra.edu.au>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 12:03:00 +1100
Jay

I assume you've 'converted' (ie swapped the wiring round) on your ammeter for
positive ground?  - otherwise it will read the wrong way (neg. instead of
pos. ) according to the sparkie I spoke to....


Vic


Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com wrote:

> Someone pointed out that if one of the electronical things in my Alpine
> system was drawing excessive power, that the ammeter would be pulled
> negative, not positive.  So, the fact that my ammeter is staying at 15 is
> not an indication that there is another device that has failed (unless it
> is MAKING power!).  It could mean that something is still wrong with the
> new battery.  Does any of this make sense to anyone?
>
> I'm going to try that new ground strap and a battery my dad has that he
> says is still a good gel battery.
>
> Jay

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