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Posted by Steven@nd on October 08, 2002 at 06:27:17 from (12.15.56.3):
In Reply to: FARMALL A Hour meter posted by Chris on October 08, 2002 at 06:09:28:
This is how I put an electric hour meter on my H. I got a waterproof hourmeter that operates on 4 to 40 volts from JCWhitney. See pic below. Click here to buy the hourmeter.
![third party image](http://jcwhitney.com/images/imagecache/I339.gif)
Then I bought a Single Pole Double Throw toggle switch from Parts Express. See the diagram to understand how a SPDT switch works. Click here to buy an SPDT switch.
![third party image](http://members.tccoa.com/smgussey/hresto/SPDT%20switch.jpg)
I mounted the hourmeter under the gas tank on my H, see pics.
![third party image](http://members.tccoa.com/smgussey/antique/hourmeter1.jpg)
![third party image](http://members.tccoa.com/smgussey/antique/hourmeter2.jpg)
Now when I flip the toggle switch up, it ungrounds the magneto and grounds the hour meter so it runs. If you have a distributor you can just hook the negative side of the hour meter to your push pull switch on the same wire that goes to the coil(assuming you have a positive ground system). Hope this helps! Steven
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