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#93719 12/04/2005 3:15 PM | Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 61 Member | | Member Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 61 | putting the harness together on this 49 Pickmeup, had the Gauges redone by jim carters, the ammeter has no plus or minus on it, WHAT to do? The book shows plus and minus but no marking on the Back of the gauge in the ammeter area! | | |
#93720 12/04/2005 5:41 PM | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | Go by the marking on the front of the guage. | | |
#93721 12/04/2005 6:40 PM | Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 247 Member | | Member Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 247 | Try it and see. You won't destroy the gauge by hooking it up backwards. | | |
#93722 12/04/2005 6:43 PM | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | bodiman, I think cletis is correct. If the front of the meter has a - and + on the front, which it should, use a marker if you need to, and put those corresponding marks on the rear posts for reference. Battery would go to + side and any load would go to the - side.  Stuart | | |
#93723 12/04/2005 8:57 PM | Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 61 Member | | Member Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 61 | THANKS EVERYONE, I HAD A FRIEND SAY THE SAME THING, FUNNY HOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS CAN THROW YOU OFF, THOUGHT I WAS ELECTRONICALLY EDUMACATED, BUT GUESS NOT!
STOVEBOLT COMES THRU AGAIN............
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#93724 12/05/2005 3:49 PM | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 | Now make the gauge w/ a pen. A very important tip:
Cover those two lugs w/ a plastic cover or two layers of heat shrink. Both are HOT 12v terminals.
Jim & Caroline
The highway is for gamblers, better use your good sense."
Gooday-that's my 1¢ answer due to the lousy economy ~ cause I ain't got - no . mo . doe
Every Shaver | Now Can Snore | Six More Minutes | Than Before ... | Half A Pound for Half a Dollar | Spread On Thin | Above the Collar || BURMA-SHAVE
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#93725 12/05/2005 10:29 PM | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 226 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 226 | if its backwards just reverse it.. the needle will then reverse also....the needle is kinda like a teeter totter..it goes to the side with the most potential.... its not polarity sensitve...
What it will say on my Tombstone: "Boy, that guy sure owed alotta people Money"
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