a puff of smoke and now nothing 69 valiant electrical issue

I thought he was talking about reversing the BATTERY cables. That would for sure cause "smoke and fire."

The MAD Electrical page has a simplified main power distro diagram. It should give a clear picture of the basics of the main power system

Catalog

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He connected the hot ammeter wire to a connector nut. Not the bolt he took it off of. I’ll post picture shortly.