10-02-2024, 05:27 PM
Very happy to say the ammeter is fixed.
Managed to get it apart and quite rusty inside. Cleaned out as much as I could and
the put some fine oil on the bearings (very fiddly) and movement now worked without
sticking.
Did a test on one of my 10 Amp current limiting PSU's and with two loops around the
back the meter worked.
Spent a couple of hours on my Father in Laws farm and 'eventually' found a meter with
the correct size glass. Home and put this in.
Meter now back in the car but shows the dynamo is not charging (tomorrows job) but
does show discharge with all the lights on.
So as they say 'one step foward, one step back'.
Martin, GM6VXB
Managed to get it apart and quite rusty inside. Cleaned out as much as I could and
the put some fine oil on the bearings (very fiddly) and movement now worked without
sticking.
Did a test on one of my 10 Amp current limiting PSU's and with two loops around the
back the meter worked.
Spent a couple of hours on my Father in Laws farm and 'eventually' found a meter with
the correct size glass. Home and put this in.
Meter now back in the car but shows the dynamo is not charging (tomorrows job) but
does show discharge with all the lights on.
So as they say 'one step foward, one step back'.
Martin, GM6VXB