Hi Mark,
I wouldn't use the blades unless you can find some really good steel spade
connectors. The cheap brass ones will not give a secure connection over
time. Use ring lugs and solder the wire into them, then insulate the
connection with heat shrink tubing. 10 gauge is fine up to 50 amps, if you
put in a 90 amp alternator you might consider 8 gauge or twinned 10 gauge
wires (two smaller wires might be more manageable under the dash). The
ammeter goes in series with the battery connection, that runs between the
solenoid on the right side of the firewall and the regulator on the left.
The Tiger wiring diagrams illustrate the wiring of the ammeter but it's kind
of cluttered in that corner of the schematic. Any 'small wire' that connects
from the spade or ring lug connectors on the ammeter would be a PO addition.
If it's a small black wire that ran from one of the steel mounting posts on
the back, then that's a ground for the panel light.
Good luck,
Theo
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Fridenstine [mailto:laceyf@crosslink.net]
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 9:12 AM
To: tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Amp Guage Help
Listers:
If I was hooking up a new guage, where there was a plug before. Do I
use 10 or 12 guage auto wire to splice in the BROWN wire in the
harness? Can I use the blades on the guage or should I use the posts? I
also have another small wire from one of the posts, what is this
for? Thanks in advance. Mark
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