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Re: [oletrucks] Amp Gauge question

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Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Amp Gauge question
From: Lewis Osborn <losborn@teleport.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 07:23:23 -0700
Saturday, April 29, 2000, 12:10:17 AM, Steven wrote:

> Hi All,

> Thanks for all the advice... Another question. Should the Amp Gauge have
> a reading when the key is off?

If anything (lights, etc,) are drawing current, your ammeter will show it,
regardless of the key position.  (In 1949, the radio stayed on with the key
off.  I don't know when they changed that - maybe when they started using an
"accessory" position?)

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