Gary Warner wrote:

Is there any easy & safe way to modify the gauge to change it's range?


Looking at their web page, the ammeters are internally shunted so
without tearing the gauge apart to remove the shunt and installing an
external shunt and then dividing the reading there doesn't seem to be
much you can do.

Do you really care that much about the charge rate or system load? They
make a matching voltmeter that will provide useful information about the
status of your system.

Rick

"Rick" wrote in message
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Do you really care that much about the charge rate or system load? They
make a matching voltmeter that will provide useful information about the
status of your system.

Rick


Thanks for taking the time to look at their site.

No, I don't care *that* much. It just bugs be a little that here I have
this
nice and somewhat expensive gauge and it really doesn't give me any
accuracy.
It does do it's job - I can see the pointer move just a little toward charge
or
discharge - which is all I *really* need.

I did put a nice volt-meter on my electrical panel. Didn't put it on the
dash
because there was only one free hole and the boat originally came with
an ammeter and I wanted to keep it original.

Again, Thanks.

Gary Warner wrote:

I did put a nice volt-meter on my electrical panel. Didn't put it on the
dash because there was only one free hole and the boat originally came with
an ammeter and I wanted to keep it original.

Yes, I can understand that ... at this point I would buy the Classic
voltmeter for the dash and replace the electrical panel voltmeter with
an ammeter scaled for the load you normally see. That way both
instruments will give you valid information and since your Classic
instruments aren't really original but look and feel like they should no
one will be the wiser seeing a voltmeter instead of a pretty much
useless ammeter.

Rick

"Rick" wrote in message
...
Gary Warner wrote:


Yes, I can understand that ... at this point I would buy the Classic
voltmeter for the dash and replace the electrical panel voltmeter with
an ammeter scaled for the load you normally see. That way both
instruments will give you valid information and since your Classic
instruments aren't really original but look and feel like they should no
one will be the wiser seeing a voltmeter instead of a pretty much
useless ammeter.


Hmmm....good point.