[quote=bartamos]
.. but I am curious if someone has experienced that situation.
Mark
Dodge was quite "famous" for melting amp gauges, after they got a 70 amp alternator and AC, cause the shunt was attached to the ammeter and generated a ton of heat under the dash, while Ford and GM used a remote shunt in the engine bay for that reason.
After a lot of reading and soul searching I came to the conclusion, that if you have an additional 10 or 8 gauge wire going from the alternator to your starter as a charging cable, it should provide enough of a shunt to protect your ammeter - at least with the typical load like lights/ignition/heater/radio etc. and probably also charging an almost empty battery.
Frank
