i'm wondering why it burnt up. loose connection, overload, new equipment wired in a bad location? so you're cutting out the ammeter, was it the ammeters fault?
RIGHT. That was my thought. Normally, unless you tax these old girls with lots of electronic unneeded wizardry and large by huge alternators, they work "pretty good" as is, as long as everything's clean, grounded well and in good shape.
