That's what I didn't know, how many amps a piece of equipment draws. I'll be
running only my gauges, how can I estimate the amperage? I don't want to
burn anything out, or will I?
Thanks for all the information,
Jack Levy
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Randall
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 3:34 AM
Cc: Triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Volta-Drop
Jack :
To add a load, you need to connect something that draws 10 amps at 6
volts between the '10 amp' terminal and ground.
If all you want to do is test your box, then a regular 12v headlight
would do for a test load. It won't draw 10 amps, but should draw enough
to drop the voltage some, like maybe to 9 or 10 volts.
Randall
Jack Levy wrote:
>
> It's a box called Volt-A-Drop, been around for a long time. About 3X4
inches
> 1/2 in deep made of a ceramic like material. Has a screw labeled 12 volt
> that connects to the batt + one labeled 10 amps and one labeled 20 amps,
> these are for the accessories and would feed the positive side on a neg
> ground system. I tested them by just touching the 10 amp with the red lead
> on a meter and black on ground. Not sure how to add a 10 amp load to this.
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