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Re: electrical overload
02-03-2012, 03:42 PM
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i had to pull the intake and the lights are on hold. it has some really old stewart werner gauges and both the volt and oil gauge go real high in numbers. ill post what i find when i get it running again. thanks
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Re: electrical overload
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02-03-2012, 04:04 PM
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I'm guessing that the '60 volts' is a typo for '16 volts'. Never seen a volt gauge before that goes above 20 volts.  |
do you have as amp meter and not a volt meter in there. an amp meter will read both sides of zero. |
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02-03-2012, 08:28 PM
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do you have as amp meter and not a volt meter in there. an amp meter will read both sides of zero.
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Maybe, an amp meter may read +- 60. 
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02-05-2012, 09:29 PM
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i was wrong. lol checked again it is volt meater. reads 12 when shut off and pegs the needle past 16 when running. gonna get the alt checked tommorow.
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02-05-2012, 09:59 PM
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+16 volts sounds like a bad regulator.
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05-01-2012, 07:09 PM
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When I wired up my Hella headlight shells so I could run high output H4 bulbs I wired in a relay for each side from the switch this way it wouldn't overload the circuit. I'm currently running 130/100 watt bulbs with no issues.
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