Hi,
The ameter on my 1960 Plus 4 doesn't appear to register a charge. It stays resolutely close to 0 but the garage that just sorted out my alternator conversion assures me the battery is charging. Is it time to get thus instrument checked? I'm planning to have all dashboard instrument dials restored to their original appearance in the spring and that would be a good opportunity to do so.
I would be amazed if you could get an ammeter serviced rather than simply replaced.
Bear in mind that starting the engine uses a 1kw motor for maybe 10 seconds so consumes just one quarter of an amp hour from a battery with a cap[acity of say 80 amp hours so the current flow to replace that charge is tiny. The ignition uses very little so unless you have on things like the headlamps or some enormous hi fi set up, there won't be much current flow. Certainly, even with a half empty battery you will never get to the rated output of your alternator,
