Ammeter to Voltmeter...who does it?
Close. What I've seen on the older systems is one grommet with the ammeter feeds. This wasn't police per se. It was for various applications that were getting the 59, 60 amp Chrysler or any of the Leece-Neville alternators. There were various flavors of this scheme, but the idea was the same in all.
As you describe, the concept was to split the stream. On some it was done on the engine side, using a single post junction block. On others this was done on the ammeter's alternator connection (stud).
The ones with the junction block continued to use the standard bulkhead connection for the alternator feed.
By that decision, it appears the load they were most concerned about was the recharge of the battery. This is where on some configurations we see 8 or even 6 gage wires and a 10 or 12 gage fusible link.
Here's a Leece-Neville one from the '73 Dodge FSM
Skim through this to see another way it was done. In this case, they didn't want to use the bulkhead feed at all. Probably because that defroster grid pulls alot of current just by itself.
How rare is electric rear defrost?
I agree. Well explained.
Close. What I've seen on the older systems is one grommet with the ammeter feeds. This wasn't police per se. It was for various applications that were getting the 59, 60 amp Chrysler or any of the Leece-Neville alternators. There were various flavors of this scheme, but the idea was the same in all.
As you describe, the concept was to split the stream. On some it was done on the engine side, using a single post junction block. On others this was done on the ammeter's alternator connection (stud).
The ones with the junction block continued to use the standard bulkhead connection for the alternator feed.
By that decision, it appears the load they were most concerned about was the recharge of the battery. This is where on some configurations we see 8 or even 6 gage wires and a 10 or 12 gage fusible link.
Here's a Leece-Neville one from the '73 Dodge FSM
Skim through this to see another way it was done. In this case, they didn't want to use the bulkhead feed at all. Probably because that defroster grid pulls alot of current just by itself.
How rare is electric rear defrost?