[NJARC] Ampmeter on 1935 Harley Davidson

[Radiosjon at aol.com]

Most cars in the old days had ammeters. A good battery system would show a  
charge after starting and slowly go to slight charge. If something was 
wrong  the meter would show a discharge.It was a pretty good system. As far  as 
the relay turning off and on in the field circuit of a  generator the 
inductance in the field coil would average out to give a  reasonable steady 
voltage.
Joe O'Neill
 
 
In a message dated 3/12/2013 3:13:53 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
dino66 at optonline.net writes:

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I'm  siding with Al. The early generators on cars and bikes were not 
reliable at  all so ammeters were a necessary gauge if you wanted to keep the 
battery  charged long enough to have spark!

Bob Bennett
On Mar 12, 2013, at  5:39 PM, Aaron Hunter wrote:

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> My '49 Ford  panel, '48 Dodge and '31 Model A all have ammeters.  As long 
as the  needle is on the plus side of "0", everything is A-OK.  A voltmeter 
would  be a little hard to read and not as reactive as the ammeter.  An 
ammeter  shows a discharge right away while with a voltmeter, by the time you 
realize  the voltage is low, it might be too late.
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> Aaron
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>> Does anyone know why a 1935 Harley Davidson  Motorcycle would have a 
ampmeter mounted on the top of the gas tank rather  than a voltmeter?
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>> Jerry Dowgin
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