David Lieb wrote:
>>Can someone help me understand why around the time of cars switching from
>>generators to alternators, cars that actually HAD gauges switched from
>>ammeters to voltmeters? They seem to give very different information.
>
> Why not both?
As I see it without all the technical stuff, an ammeter shows + or -.
Charging or discharging. A volt meter tells you how many volts the
system is putting out.
I have both :) Why? because when i find a Smiths oil (or ambient air)
temp gauge, I'll lose the amp gauge. But I have always had a volt gauge
in all my LBCs, In my opinion it goes right along with the oil and water.
My gauge priority list
1st, oil
2nd, water temp
3rd volts
4th tach
5th fuel
6th speed
7th clock
8th Smoke check
9th Amps
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Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
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