Re: Alternator & Ammeter

Posted by Peter Packard On 2016/6/10 2:59:44

Hello John, I am not sure why you haven't just attached the alternator output to the Batt connection on the original voltage regulator. This would enable your meter to centralise with input and output currents. You have effectively bypassed the charge/discharge meter ( hasn't been an Ammeter on Packards since 1937) There is always a concern with an 85 amp alternator and the wiring rating of your Patrician but that would be the case no matter where you connected it to in a 1956 wiring loom. You would certainly smell the "ammeter" if 85 amps was passing through it.


I don't know how to post the links to previous threads but I detailed all of the fitment of the alternator on the 12th May 2010. There was lots of interest in it and it has given no problems whatsoever and the Charge discharge meter works brilliantly.

Best Regards Peter T