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Old Mar 27, 2014 | 07:22 PM
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High current ammeter

I recently had my stock alternator rewound and upgraded. Originally it was producing something like 30 amps at idle at 75 max. It now puts out 70 at idle and 140 max. I wanted to get a pod cluster, for a voltmeter, ammeter, and something else (any suggestions?), but I am trouble finding an ammteter that reads over 70 amps. Any ideas/thoughts?
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Old Mar 27, 2014 | 10:51 PM
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Just Curious why would you want a ammeter in a gauge cluster??

I find a voltmeter tells a much better story what is going on with the charging system.
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Old Mar 28, 2014 | 07:18 AM
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Purely curiosity. Same reason I have an inclinometer I can't find one that is rated high enough anyways.
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Old Mar 28, 2014 | 08:33 AM
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Get a clamp on DC ammeter with a remote probe.

The older Trucks Kenworth Peterbuilt etc used to come with a High Amp DC ammeter but that was fazed out back in the late seventies early eighties.
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