Re: Battery/Ammeter 1947 Clipper 2106

Posted by Rscott77x On 2017/3/28 15:55:04

Update.
I keep a battery tender on my battery. So, I took the car out just now. Regardless of speed, the needle stayed in the middle. When I returned home, I attached volt meter leads to the battery and started the engine. It was around 8V at idle. When I raised the idle quite a bit, it went as high as 9.3v.

So to my simple mind, if it is a battery charge indicator and not an ammeter, it was behaving correctly to have the needle stay in the middle if the battery is fully charged.
Discharge spikes, when accessories are turned on, would make sense as when accessories are running, the voltage regulator senses this and diverts power to the accessories but that does not mean it is not charging the battery too.....so the car starts the next day..