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2007 export 350 fitted Boyer Bransden ignition through the points. I've not been very happy with battery life so as the ammeter just flickers and doesn't give much guidance I've fitted our hosts' Koso voltmeter, wired to a red/white wire in the casquette and the pilot light earths. At road speeds I get almost alternate green and red flashes on the main LED, and the upper amber LEDs on the scale are permanently on. If I turn on the sidelights the red flashes less frequently. I don't know how accurate these voltmeters are. Also, but perhaps co-incidentally, one LED pilot bulb is blown and the other is on it's last LED. Is it time to fit a Powerbox?

A volt meter is as useful as hip-pockets on underpants?


Flickering Ammeter often indicates a duff cell in the battery, poor earth connection, or suspect regulator.

Cut of reply?


Blown LED's indicate the problem is most likely with the regulator unit...

At least by buying a voltmeter you are trying your best to fix the problem. It looks like the voltmeter is reading the same as the ammeter. The ammeter is flickering and the voltmeter is doing the same but using flickering lights in stead of a flickering needle. There is something going on. If you go to an auto electrics shop one that actually works on vehicles and ask them I am sure that they will know what is going on. They work on things with ammeters all the time.