Of pe...@heroic.co.uk
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 8:44 AM
To: kr...@mylist.net
Subject: Re: KR> SHUNTS
> If I remember this correctly, there needs to be a shunt in the
> electrical
> system either internal in the ammeter or between the master switch and
> ammeter. See, this is
Sorry Larry, didn't mean to misquote you, just trying to make a point of only
positive wire attaches to the ammeter.
Larry H.
Larry,
I think you misquoted me.
If I remember this correctly, there needs to be a shunt in the electrical
system either internal in the ammeter or between the master switch and
ammeter.
See, this is where I'm rusty and need help with wiring. My ammeter doesn't
have an internal shunt, so I need an external one-right?
At 01:50 AM 12/12/2006, you wrote:
>My ammeter doesn't
>have an internal shunt, so I need an external one-right? And to make
>sure, it goes where? Mike
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Yes, it needs a shunt. I seem to recall that I placed
Mike wrote:
> If I remember this correctly, there needs to be a shunt in the electrical
> system either internal in the ammeter or between the master switch and
> ammeter.
> See, this is where I'm rusty and need help with wiring. My ammeter
> doesn't
> have an internal shunt, so I need an ext
> If I remember this correctly, there needs to be a shunt in the
> electrical
> system either internal in the ammeter or between the master switch and
> ammeter. See, this is where I'm rusty and need help with wiring. My
> ammeter doesn't have an internal shunt, so I need an external
> one---
>
>A shunt goes in PARALLEL with your ammeter, imagine your ammeter as a
>narrow pipe, not much can flow thru it, the shunt is a larger pipe, so
>most the flow is thru the shunt, and a small amount of current flows thru
>the ammeter. The proportion of flow is fixed by the size of the shun.
>Pete
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At 08:52 AM 12/12/2006, you wrote:
>All current from the battery to the buss goes directly
>through the shunt, not the meter.
Larry Flesner
++
My prior post assumes you are using an "externally shunted"
meter. An "internally shunted" meter would be wire
As a matter of interest,
The word shunt comes from the same root as to shun, ie deflect - get rid
of, so you shunt off current flow through a bit of thick copper wire...
Ammeters actually measure the volts dropped across a fixed resistance (
the shunt ). generally a shunt is marked with it's maxi
As a side note, an easy way to think of an ammeter is to think of it as a
pressure gauge. It measures the amount of pressure (watts/amps) your generator
or alternator is capable of producing or pushing through the positive out wire
when load is applied. When you turn on things like electronic ig
> As stated here by Larry the ammeter is placed in line, this means
> that the wire from the alternator plus side attaches to the
> ammeters in pin and the same circuit/wire continuing on wire
> attaches to the other pin on the gauge out side (just like a light switch).
>Same goes for me, if I
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