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| PanelBilly |
 Oct 15 2018, 09:38 AM
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My meter reads just under 12 volts when the engine is running. When I turn on any of the lights it pegs to the left. When I use a multimeter on the battery I get 13.67 volts at idle and just slightly under that when the lights go on.
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| GregAmy |
Oct 15 2018, 09:54 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,508 Joined: 22-February 13 From: Middletown CT Member No.: 15,565 Region Association: North East States
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Remove it? Just kidding...
It's a showpiece item, not an accurate indicator of battery voltage. There's just too many (probably corroded) connections between it and the battery to be much use. Mine, for example, would fluctuate when I hit the brakes or used the turn signals; like you, it would show 12V when the battery was showing 13.5 at the terminals. Mine was showing much more accurately when I installed LED bulbs and replaced my panel with a JWest Engineering one. But I did both at the same time so I don't know which was effective. You could, I suppose, run a pair discrete wires directly to the battery, minimizing connections. That would be a very big step. In the end, I decided I didn't need a clock, didn't trust the voltmeter, and could be happy with the oil temp gauge in the fuel combo so I removed the center console, added the combo gauge, and gained some extra leg/calf room for my 6'1" frame. Quite happy with that decision. |
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PanelBilly Volt meter issues Oct 15 2018, 09:38 AM
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My meter reads just under 12 volts when the engin... Oct 15 2018, 09:52 AM Dave_Darling Sounds like you have dirty connections somewhere i... Oct 15 2018, 10:51 AM 914Sixer Pull the leads of the gauge and put a real volt/oh... Oct 15 2018, 04:42 PM Spoke
My meter reads just under 12 volts when the engin... Oct 16 2018, 03:56 AM Valy The gauge measures voltage where it is connected.
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PanelBilly It was the ground. I added another wire from the f... Oct 19 2018, 02:39 PM |
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