Bypassing the Amp gauge - Question about the MAD Electrical method

Xtreamist said
Just the basics, lights, heater. I'm redoing it to be a street legal strip/bracket car. Have electric fans but they are not in yet and not sure if they are even going to be put in.

Without the electic fans, stock alternator will be fine. If the car will be idling in traffic or used for putt putt parade stuff with any combo of lights, heater fan, and wipers on - that's when a little better output at idle speed is nice.

Xtreamist said
Yea, race car that can be street driven. Not necessarily to OEM specs but it doesn't appear correct the way things are spliced/hacked together. Basically I'm cleaning the appearance up some and most importantly making good safe connections.

OK. Do you want to eliminate all or some of the toggle switches and use the ignition switch?

Xtreamist said
That's what it looks like to me too. Is there anything wrong with all those wires hooked to the lug? There are a lot coming off of it.

Depends on the wiring strategy. So far, it seems like the previous owner knew what he was doing. If you want to do it more neatly, you could have a little distribution box on the inner fender.

Xtreamist said
Yea, the ammeter is not connected to any wires under the dash. Looks like an attempt was made to do the bypass. I traced the red wire with the fuse link to slot Z (and it was melted pretty bad) on the bulkhead connector and it leads to the ammeter.

Got it. Its a dead end now.