39 gauge question
 

The stock battery gauge in 39 - is it an amp gauge or a volt gauge?

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Amp gauge

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Where are you in new Jersey the cage would be amp cood luck from cape may aourt house

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Im in central - Freehold/Englishtown

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All the 39 de luxes I ever saw had volt gauges, but the standard models had volt gauges or amp gauges, depending on the generator they came with.

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jezz back to square one - my gauge shows low then a netrual area and high - does that help?

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I have a voltmeter (battery) gauge in my 39 DeLuxe. It has L and H at the ends (I assume that means Low and High). There is a bar in the middle labeled N for normal.

I've checked my battery and charging system and at idle/low rpm the needle registers below the normal range. At cruise/higher rpm the needle is nominally in the "N" range - whether that represents any accuracy, I don't know.

I believe the 39 Standard and earlier uses the amp gauge.

Hope that helps.

Dan

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Thanks Dan that sounds just like mine - So it must be volt gauge - thanks

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Normally a volt gauge has two attachment terminals on the back of it. One of those terminals goes to a ground connection. An amp gauge has no attachment terminals, just a heavy gauge wire threaded thru a loop on the back of the gauge. Modern "bridge" amp gauges do have terminals.

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My 39 Standard has an Amp gauge.

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My Deluxe has two terminals so Volt it is....thx Drbrown and rest