>In the event of your short you are not going to get "hundreds of
>ammps" out of the alternator.. but it will limit at about 35 A
>(with the Lucas 10AC alternator in a Series V) and then you will
>see a large discharge from the battery which will indicate on the
ammeter.
>Your schematic at the bottem is wrong. It will damage the ammeter the
>first time the car is started. The starter will try to draw up to 300A
>from the battery through the meter... :-(
My original schematic did not translate well due to the use of
tabs instead of spaces. Following my original text, the ammeter is
simply put inline with the current comming from the alternator to
the solenoid terminal.
The 300amp you write about, would only be the case if you
believe the sleasy currupted schematic that I sent.
You are right, your method allows you to see only the charging or
discharge of the battery current.
Right or wrong, the way that I described is consistant with how factory
Alpines were wired.
See any alpine workshop schematic to verify.
This is a matter of preference and semantics.
However, I prefer to know that all the electrics are operating,
not just that the battery is getting charged.
Jarrid Gross
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