Re: Alternator & Ammeter

Posted by Peter Packard On 2016/6/25 2:52:00

Hello John and G'day to you to. I would agree with John that it is necessary to fit relays to the 56 Patrician headlight wiring system. I had the bi-metal relay on the headlight switch go off on mine a few times with the original wiring loom, so I used the headlight switch to power relays fitted adjacent to the headlight junction box. No more power-outs and less stress on the old wiring harness. However I would urge possible converts to an alternator to use a 45 amp unit and wire through the ammeter. I am not using this system through my 38-327 R6, using a 45 amp 12V alternator, and the ammeter gets pretty radically deflected with 130W headlights, parking lights etc on the discharge side of the meter. This does not happen with the Patrician. I am going to change the 38 Richards to using the Regulator output and have a balanced CHG/DISCHARGE meter as on the Patrician. PT