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Re: Voltmeter or Ammeter
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Posted by noncompos on December 18, 2006 at 10:04:29 from (67.42.238.52):
In Reply to: Voltmeter or Ammeter posted by Aaron Ford on December 17, 2006 at 18:27:09:
FWIW, I feel an ammeter is better because I can see exactly how the system is working every time I glance at it: charging, discharging, normal trickle. It shows any variation in charging after starting or sitting in traffic with lights and heater and radio on(gen/alt weakening? starter consuming more power than usual?) and alerts me to beginning problems. It may well be that a voltmeter does the same and I"m just unfamiliar with them, but to me they"re a lot like an idiot oil light: you"ve got enough pressure to turn the light off, or you don"t have any. I want to see my oil pressure every day, every time I glance at it, to see if it"s normal or declining or acting odd.
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