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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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| Dave_Darling |
Oct 15 2018, 10:51 AM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 15,200 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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Sounds like you have dirty connections somewhere in the circuit. The voltmeter typically reads over 12V when the engine is running, and drops down to maybe 10V with lots of lights and such on. (Note that the actual system voltage is closer to 14 when the engine is running and still generally over 12V with all the lights on!) There seems to be significant extra resistance in the circuit that's feeding your meter. Or in the ground for it.
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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 GregAmy Remove it? Just kidding...
It's a showpiece i... Oct 15 2018, 09:54 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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