Reply to "Ammeter Guage Smoking!?"

jon3613Member

Mark, This gauge is poorly designed, but can be repaired if it is not damaged by excessive heat which may have happened to your guage. The terminals on the back extend into the housing and are bridged by a brass shunt or plate. There aren't any lockwashers that reatain the nuts that maintain pressure on the shunt. This causes an increase in resistance and the shunt begins to heat. The heat futher ruins the connection and increases in heating until there is a fire. I have been able to to tighten and solder the shunt which is a permanet fix but it's not an easy task if your unfamiliar instruments.

2 easier opitions; replace the entire guage with an improved one from the Pantera vendors, or remove the guage and connect the 2 large cables together. Then a voltmeter can be added with the "-" lead to ground and the "+" to the 2 large cable junction.

You must do something, or there could be a fire in you future.

10/4/047:32 PM

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