 Volt meeter Wiggles, works great but needle vibrates |
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| Bruce Hinds |
 Sep 9 2023, 11:40 AM
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V-8 madness  Group: Members Posts: 734 Joined: 27-December 06 From: Port Orchard, WA Member No.: 7,391 Region Association: Pacific Northwest  |
Had the console out while replacing the fuel lines and putting it all back in I shorted a wire to the gauges and melted a bunch of the brown ground wires. I opened up the bundle and removed all the old wires and replaced them. Rewired the gauges and all work well, including the lighting but the volt meter vibrates.
I added two gauges to the console and a fan switch years ago and not sure that everything is grounded the way it was. Any ideas? |
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| windforfun |
Sep 9 2023, 12:40 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,998 Joined: 17-December 07 From: Blackhawk, CA Member No.: 8,476 Region Association: None 
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Disconnect it. Attach it to a 9 V battery and see if it still wiggles. Be careful if you attach it to your car battery. I accidentally shorted a car battery years ago. The wrench flew out of my hand & I was badly burned. Time for a new meter if it still wiggles.
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| Bruce Hinds |
Sep 10 2023, 10:11 PM
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V-8 madness Group: Members Posts: 734 Joined: 27-December 06 From: Port Orchard, WA Member No.: 7,391 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
QUOTE(windforfun @ Sep 9 2023, 11:40 AM)  Disconnect it. Attach it to a 9 V battery and see if it still wiggles. Be careful if you attach it to your car battery. I accidentally shorted a car battery years ago. The wrench flew out of my hand & I was badly burned. Time for a new meter if it still wiggles. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif) Okay, that would tell me if it's the gauge for sure. I'm suspecting it may be grounded wrong, or through another instrument. As I recall some of those ground wires are "daisy chained" |
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