Amp meter not working

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86bluecobra

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• May 18, 2007

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Ok so my battery charges but my amp meter show a negitive current. My car has a 1 wire power master alt upgrade but I would like to get my amp meter in my dash to work correctly. How do I do this. My car is a 86 i believe that is the last year of a amp meter before they switched to volt meter. Any help would be appreciated. thx in advance.

 

Aryan15

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• May 18, 2007

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Does it fluctuate with rpm changes? If so, then its because you wired with one wire and its reading discharge.

 

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86bluecobra

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it doesn't seem to fluctuate with rpm. it just reads in the negitive when the engine is running.

 

stang&2Birds

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• May 18, 2007

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Your ammeter works just as well now as when it was new. So, what's the big deal?

"One of these days", I'm going to replace the non working ammeter with a voltmeter. That POS ammeter caused me to get stranded when my alternator died and I didn't have any indication.

 

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86bluecobra

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• May 19, 2007

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I just want it to work was wondering if anyone had a diagram of how the thing is wired or if there is some test I can perform to see if the gauge is even still working.