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Alecb said

I believe I misspoke, I have a voltage gauge on its own circuit, it's not wired into the ammeter circuit. The ammeter is just bypassed, the plastic face was all melted and foggy. And I have read that the ammeter is a potential fire hazard so I opted to neutralize it for the time being. I will eventually do the MAD wiring trick so I can have a functioning ammeter.

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That should work then. Skip the crazy method. If you want an ammeter, use one of the methods Chrysler used to split the current and using grommets to bring the battery circuit wires through the firewall for 'heavy duty fleet" and rear defroster grid cars.

If the voltmeter is not switched off with the key switch, that can be a slow drain. Other than that, its fine.

Melted ammeter could have just been windshield leak, but could also it may have been some high current that damaged other connections in the circuit. Voltage drop tests above will reveal that.