Randall wrote:
> And a low-reading voltmeter can mean
> almost anything, including the ignition switch going bad. On my Stag, it
>means
> the factory fuse block is about 30 years past it's useful lifetime.
Exactly. It is telling you that there is something wrong with your
system that is preventing your generator from making proper voltage for
fully charging the battery or preventing the part of the circuit the
voltmeter is connected to from running at proper voltage. Something you
would never see with an ammeter.
Thank you for making my case :)
A few decades back I put a voltmeter in my Land Rover next to the
ammeter. The voltmeter consistently warned me of problems that the
ammeter didn't show. About 4 years ago I needed an instrument hole and
I decided the ammeter was the most useless instrument I had since I
learned to rely upon the voltmeter.
TeriAnn
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