Post by Pontiac1976 on Feb 4, 2008 15:22:44 GMT -5
From a few others sits about AMP wiring
If that battery wire is too small, your battery will not charge correctly, and you will not get a correct reading. the reason is, a 10ga wire that is extended that distance is more like a 16 ga wire. Maybe smaller. You're going to have to step that wire size up a lot, if you want a proper reading, and your battery to stay charged.
I'm assuming it's an aftermarket gauge, set up your going to do now. This is what you need to do.
Because some people have a lot of electric components, that draw a lot of amperage, this guy used a 2 ga wire to make this connection. Well 2 gauge is a little over kill BUT! So depending of what electrical accessories you're running, you may need to step it up that much. No matter what, when running an AMP Gauge, I wouldn't run anything less than a 4 ga wire.
Now if you were to use a Volt gauge, you wouldn't have this problem, because it would hook up with small gauge wires, and not be a breaker between your alt and battery.
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Wire size is key! 10 gauge or larger, and make sure your gauge is wired properly. You should have a "I" and a "S" on the terminals. "I" goes to the alternator and the "S" goes to the battery.
I hope this helps others this would be close to factory but it goes through the fuse box to high amp gauge wire to the same places. A wiring digram would help for factory hook up.
This person had asked about this here his post. It seem to get a lot of looks so.... bowtieguy.proboards.com/thread/534/amps-gauge
73gmc Mar 19, 2006 at 8:47am Quote
If that battery wire is too small, your battery will not charge correctly, and you will not get a correct reading. the reason is, a 10ga wire that is extended that distance is more like a 16 ga wire. Maybe smaller. You're going to have to step that wire size up a lot, if you want a proper reading, and your battery to stay charged.
I'm assuming it's an aftermarket gauge, set up your going to do now. This is what you need to do.
Because some people have a lot of electric components, that draw a lot of amperage, this guy used a 2 ga wire to make this connection. Well 2 gauge is a little over kill BUT! So depending of what electrical accessories you're running, you may need to step it up that much. No matter what, when running an AMP Gauge, I wouldn't run anything less than a 4 ga wire.
Now if you were to use a Volt gauge, you wouldn't have this problem, because it would hook up with small gauge wires, and not be a breaker between your alt and battery.
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Wire size is key! 10 gauge or larger, and make sure your gauge is wired properly. You should have a "I" and a "S" on the terminals. "I" goes to the alternator and the "S" goes to the battery.
I hope this helps others this would be close to factory but it goes through the fuse box to high amp gauge wire to the same places. A wiring digram would help for factory hook up.
This person had asked about this here his post. It seem to get a lot of looks so.... bowtieguy.proboards.com/thread/534/amps-gauge
73gmc Mar 19, 2006 at 8:47am Quote
In my 73 gmc , I have an amps gauge that does not appear to be hooked up. Can someone tell me how I could hook it up from scratch, as if no wiring is there at all. ?