GW> RJT>> I'm used to vehicles with ammeters...   Most of the old mopar
GW> RJT>> stuff I've been driving for years has had them in there.  Except
GW> RJT>> this last one,  which for some dumb reason has a voltmeter,
GW> RJT>> instead.  Why they started doing that is beyond me.

GW> JE> GM>The reason is simple. It's a lot easier and cheaper to add a
GW> JE> GM>voltmeter to the circuit than an ammeter.

GW> JE> Just a simple question. Why do the great majority all the
GW> JE> diagnostics specify voltage readings rather than current readings
GW> JE> in trouble shooting alternators in official manufacturer's vehicle
GW> JE> shop manuals? :-)

GW>Because an alternatoronly works on voltages from a chaecking point of
GW>view. If its a choice between a voltmeter to monitor the alternator,
GW>an ammeter to monitor the battery or nothing my choice is an ammeter
GW>or nothing. In my experience the battery fails far faster than the
GW>alternator...

Very true. 2 to 4 or more to 1

Jay
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