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useRc10 · 06-21-2003, 08:37 PM

anyone who has put an ammeter in, how did you wire it? i should have got the voltmeter but i'm having trouble figuring out how to wire in the ammeter.
Thanks, -Nick

Mike C · 06-21-2003, 10:20 PM

ALL of the vehicle current must go through the ammeter. Depending on how yours is wired, the ammeter needs to be spliced into the 10ga wire that powers up the whole truck. If you have the pigtail from the pos terminal, take it loose from the junction block. Run it into the cab to the ammeter. Then from the ammeter back to the terminal block. One of the drawbacks to those types of ammeters is routing all of the current that way. You may want to reconsider the volt meter as it just plugs in a switched 12v on the fuse box...

Longhorn Man · 06-21-2003, 11:54 PM

To make it a little simpler, the little junction box right by the battery, run the wire from there, to the Amp guage, then, from the other teminal of that guage, run it to where ever that wire goes.
I will second the statement of ditching the amp guage and getting a volt guage.

06-21-2003, 08:37 PM	#1
useRc10 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Mechanicsville, VA, 23111 Posts: 1,138	aftermarket ammeter wiring anyone who has put an ammeter in, how did you wire it? i should have got the voltmeter but i'm having trouble figuring out how to wire in the ammeter. Thanks, -Nick __________________ -'02 Chevy Avalanche, 5.3L, 4x4... needing a small lift and bigger tires -'72 Chevy C-10(350, bored 60 over)dual flowmasters, 3 on the tree -'85 K5 Blazer,305 NO MORE...350 is in,2" lift,33" Mickey Thompson Baja Claw Radials -dads '70 burb (red, 5-7 drop, 350...) www.geocities.com/userc10/truckhome.html AIM: Auntjoedadda

06-21-2003, 10:20 PM	#2
Mike C Registered User Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Austin, TX, USA Posts: 7,715	ALL of the vehicle current must go through the ammeter. Depending on how yours is wired, the ammeter needs to be spliced into the 10ga wire that powers up the whole truck. If you have the pigtail from the pos terminal, take it loose from the junction block. Run it into the cab to the ammeter. Then from the ammeter back to the terminal block. One of the drawbacks to those types of ammeters is routing all of the current that way. You may want to reconsider the volt meter as it just plugs in a switched 12v on the fuse box... __________________ 44 Willys MB 52 M38A1 64 Corvette Coupe 68 Camaro 'vert LT1 & TH700 69 Z/28 355 12.6's @110 69 Chevy Short Step 4 1/2"/7" drop 72 Jimmy 4WD 4spd 4" & 35's 02 GMC 2500HD 4x4 Duramax

06-21-2003, 11:54 PM	#3
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	To make it a little simpler, the little junction box right by the battery, run the wire from there, to the Amp guage, then, from the other teminal of that guage, run it to where ever that wire goes. I will second the statement of ditching the amp guage and getting a volt guage.



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