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OK, I'm pigheaded enough to have kept my factory ammeter setup (after rewiring everything from scratch to ensure it's all clean and tight), but I'm installing a voltmeter now, too--mainly because I've had a couple voltage regulators go out on me in the past few years, and a voltmeter would alert me to that condition instantly (whereas with the ammeter I had to do more troubleshooting).
Plus I just like installing frivolous stuff in my spare (ha!) time.
Anyway, I was wondering a few things:
Plus I just like installing frivolous stuff in my spare (ha!) time.
Anyway, I was wondering a few things:
- Does the hot wire to the vm need a fuse?
- Where's the best place to tap into the electrical system? I have a handy, unused wire under the dash I labelled "IGN ACC" a couple years back which, if memory serves, is connected to one side of the fuse box bus (I had taped off the end, labeled it, and left it tied up out of the way about where the radio is, I think I was thinking that would power a radio/CD player someday...should've taken better notes!)
- Where's the best place for the vm's ground wire to terminate? I was thinking one of the voltage regulator mounting bolts, since the VR body has a nice shiny new braided strap to the block, which the alternator is grounded to. I have the wire all in place, just need to install a ring terminal, but thought I'd check in with the electrical Einsteins here first...