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Should I solder my battery terminal?
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<blockquote data-quote="ThxOne" data-source="post: 8655684" data-attributes="member: 675210"><p>I forgot I have a brand new clamp meter. I put it on my alternator to battery power wire and also tried it on the shortest ground wire from the battery. Both 0awg. First engine start of the day and the voltage on the dash is 14v. I clamp the alternator to battery power cable with the setting on the clamp shown in the pic. It fluctuates betwixed 1.6a and 1.8a on BOTH the power cable and also the ground cable when I clamped it. I turned the A/C on max cool and recirculate and both cables now show 2.6a on the meter and the voltage on the dash is now 13.5ish Volts. Should my alternator be putting out more amps????</p><p></p><p>Am I using the clamp right? Correct setting on the meter? One wire clamped at a time right? Doesn't matter if it's the power or ground right, as long as its just one wire being clamped?</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]1005[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThxOne, post: 8655684, member: 675210"] I forgot I have a brand new clamp meter. I put it on my alternator to battery power wire and also tried it on the shortest ground wire from the battery. Both 0awg. First engine start of the day and the voltage on the dash is 14v. I clamp the alternator to battery power cable with the setting on the clamp shown in the pic. It fluctuates betwixed 1.6a and 1.8a on BOTH the power cable and also the ground cable when I clamped it. I turned the A/C on max cool and recirculate and both cables now show 2.6a on the meter and the voltage on the dash is now 13.5ish Volts. Should my alternator be putting out more amps???? Am I using the clamp right? Correct setting on the meter? One wire clamped at a time right? Doesn't matter if it's the power or ground right, as long as its just one wire being clamped? [ATTACH]1005._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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