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I am working on the wireing on my car and I can't tell which terminal on the ammeter is the positive one. there are no clear markings on it. There is a mark that looks like part of a + on the left terminal (looking at the back) but this is reverse of what the drawing in the wireing manual shows. it is a Stewart Warner #82404 ammeter. Help!!
Just pick one, if you are wrong it will only read backwards.
hmmm, I don't like a 50-50 chance, better to get it right the first timeQuote:
Originally Posted by weaver
Weaver is right. I hooked mine up like instructions and when first drove car it moved to the left (neg) so I reversed terminals and it moved to the pos.
Bob
Just looked at mine and the big red wire with the white stripe is on the left and the right side has 3 red wires.
Bob
mine was wired backwards when i got it. 6 years later it is still running backwards!
I have found that from one gauge to the next they will wire different, trial and error.
Thanks for looking Bob, I think I have the same as you, which is not the way my car was originally wired. the + side is poorly marked but on close inspection looks to be a factory marking.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by spd4me
Does it mean anything if it doesn't move in either direction [other than it being a faulty guage] Mine doesnt show charge or discharge, but with the car running, i hooked up a battery meter direct to the battery and it does indicate 12.8 -13, which seems a bit low, but it is putting out.
Eddie
My guess is bad gauge