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Old 03-28-2020, 01:14 PM
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Also, would you agree, assuming there are no poor connections, that as long as the system is producing the proper amount of volts, that a high ammeter reading is OK?
Only after the reason 25 amps running though the ammeter was explained. Where is that 25 amps going? My ammeter shows about 20 amps after I've started it up, with a little bit of cranking, but moves back to less than 5 after it's run a bit. Car ammeters have been the same for 100 years. It's only when somebody wires a load to the battery side of the gauge that the readings get funky.
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