Re: Battery/amp gauge
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Originally Posted by ray_mcavoy
I wouldn't consider the factory battery gauge crappy ... when wired correctly, they actually do a good job of letting the driver know if the battery is charging or being discharged. However, as I described earlier in post #33, they will become less sensitive (and not as useful) if the shunt wire is up-sized to handle a larger current load than stock. And as I mentioned there, member T-Bone converts the '76-'87 style voltmeters to fit '67-'72 gauge clusters.
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Yes, you are correct. The factory battery gauge worked fine in the original electrical system, but when we (and in this case, I mean me) "improve" things with larger gauge wire connected from the alternator to the battery terminal on the starter, then that factory system no longer works like it should.
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Bob
1967 2wd Burb, 350/TH350, 3.73 posi
Last edited by 67 Burb; 09-27-2018 at 10:17 PM.
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