Re: [Chevelle-List] low volts part 3

[Wayne]

You do not have it hooked up backwards or it would not deflect the needle at all. as for hooked up wrong. A volt meter will read voltage from where it's inserted/sorced to goround, where as a  Amp meter is inline from source to the storage  Battery. I would see where the + voltage source is taped from. There are a nuber ofgood source voltage inside the car. The fused assy, is one, the 14ga black-orange is another---- Original Message ----- From: vmckague To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 2:53 PM Subject: [Chevelle-List] low volts part 3 Well I put a volt meter on the battery with the motor running at a fast idle and had 14.8 volts. With  the blower fan, head lights and wipers on I still had over 14 volts. Is this OK. The volt meter in the car started at 12 volts at high idle and as more acc. were added it went down. to around 11 volts. I guess my volt meter in the car is not reading correctly or could it be hooked up the wrong way? I had a friend hook this up for me so I don't really know what it is hooked up to. Is it possible to have it hooked  up backward? Thanks, Vernon s