Ammeter heat question

I've heard of the ammeters burning up, but I think the real issue of the all problems is that the connectors in the bulkhead corrode. Current is still passing throught the bulkhead if you just tie the wires together at the ammeter. If you're bypassing the ammeter, you should really just bypass all the ammeter wiring through the bulkhead. Personally, I like the functionality of the ammeter and would rewire it with appropirate gauage wire for your alternator directly to the ammeter and likely fuse it too.