amp gauge hook up on our trucks??? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

shelby987 · 03-18-2006, 04:59 PM

can someone help me please.....I am trying to hook up an aftermarket amperes gauge and the directions are pretty much useless......they reference a horn relay and a magnetic starter switch......I am bad with wires, but our trucks don't have either do they? I tried to wire it up using one of the 1" square diagrams the directions came with......and it failed horribly.

I need to stop buying things that have the look that I like.....I seem to have horrible taste when it comes to this stuff......right now I am off to try to rig up something to make the oil gauge the kit came with work.....at this price now, I should have just bought a sunpro setup (you get what you pay for i guess)

tedbick · 03-18-2006, 06:27 PM

i was always told ammeters always tell you after you know there is trouble,they can harm your alternator,use a voltmeter instead.

shelby987 · 03-18-2006, 08:28 PM

the amp meter came with the set of gauges I bought, I would like to have a complete cluster. When I upgrade to a new dash cluster, I will install a volt meter, this is just to get my gauges in order before I install my new engine.
ttt

03-18-2006, 04:59 PM	#1
shelby987 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Just outside Durham, NC Posts: 894	amp gauge hook up on our trucks??? can someone help me please.....I am trying to hook up an aftermarket amperes gauge and the directions are pretty much useless......they reference a horn relay and a magnetic starter switch......I am bad with wires, but our trucks don't have either do they? I tried to wire it up using one of the 1" square diagrams the directions came with......and it failed horribly. I need to stop buying things that have the look that I like.....I seem to have horrible taste when it comes to this stuff......right now I am off to try to rig up something to make the oil gauge the kit came with work.....at this price now, I should have just bought a sunpro setup (you get what you pay for i guess) __________________ 1969 SS 350 Camaro Sold 2008 1970 3/4T K20, stock height with 33's, 250 I6, 3 on the tree, and locked front and rear 4.10's 1980 Chevy Malibu 2 dr Sold 2007 1993 Olds. Cutlass Ciera Wagon Traded 2006 2003 Saturn L200 w/5pd. D/D My list spans 5 decades with One common thread.....GM!

03-18-2006, 06:27 PM	#2
tedbick Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: long pond,pa Posts: 51	Re: amp gauge hook up on our trucks??? i was always told ammeters always tell you after you know there is trouble,they can harm your alternator,use a voltmeter instead.

03-18-2006, 08:28 PM	#3
shelby987 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Just outside Durham, NC Posts: 894	Re: amp gauge hook up on our trucks??? the amp meter came with the set of gauges I bought, I would like to have a complete cluster. When I upgrade to a new dash cluster, I will install a volt meter, this is just to get my gauges in order before I install my new engine. ttt __________________ 1969 SS 350 Camaro Sold 2008 1970 3/4T K20, stock height with 33's, 250 I6, 3 on the tree, and locked front and rear 4.10's 1980 Chevy Malibu 2 dr Sold 2007 1993 Olds. Cutlass Ciera Wagon Traded 2006 2003 Saturn L200 w/5pd. D/D My list spans 5 decades with One common thread.....GM!



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