[DeTomaso] Veglia Amp Gauge Needed

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/17/13 21 43 49, pantdino at aol.com writes:


> 
> But do you actually want to reinstall an original amp gauge?
> I thought they were a fire hazard because ALL the current goes thru them. 
> Aren't voltmeters safer?
> 
>>>Perhaps, but ammeters are not, in and of themselves, a fire hazard.   
The hazard comes from allowing the connections to be loose.

At least one Pantera vendor sells an aftermarket ammeter which they say is 
superior to the stock one, claiming that the stock one is a fire hazard.   
Nonsense.   The hazard comes from the way it is hooked up.   The act of 
removing the old one and installing a new one (properly) eliminates the potential 
hazard.   Checking your connections and making them tight on the old one 
does the same thing.

There have been more than a few electrical fires due to owners adding 
circuits to the back side of the ammeter (it's a good place to draw power for 
accessories) and failing to ensure the connections were made tightly.   But 
that's not the ammeter's fault.

Mike