Alternator Gauge

[darrin75]

My gauge seems to move around alot.  The oil pressure gauge works fine as well as the temp gauge, so I think my voltage limiter is good.  Any suggestions. 69 charger rallye dash.

[Plumcrazy]

Thats normal. The alternator gauge is a completely different type of gauge that responds much quicker to changes than the other gauges.

[BigBlackDodge]

I bought three new VR's lately. Two of them make the needle bounce around pretty good while the last one works pretty smoothly. They're fairly cheap (15 bucks or less) so trying a newer one wouldn't hurt.


BBD

[myk]

Isn't the 'alt gauge dangerous?  I'd unhook that thing...

[Nacho-RT74]

Isn't the 'alt gauge dangerous?  I'd unhook that thing...

No as far charge balance keep safe, not heavy discharge and charge for long time periods.

Some advices to keep the ammeter safe and of course rest of charge system.

New powerfull alt with small pulley. Can be done with a stock lates 70 Mopar. Trust me when I said is enough for stock car equippment including AC and some extra accesories or relays upgrades ( My own experience )

Parallel wires from alt and starter relay to amm, throught firewall... with alt upgrade THIS IS A MANDATORY

With balanced charge, no matter if ocassionally full read but short time, and average load stock ammeter is COMPLELLY safe.

if you follow this, you will get around 80% of time, ammeter needle in the middle