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TR2/3/3A Randall....Ammeter Shunt when there are spade connectors?

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My ammeter has 4 spade connectors with the bottom 2 connectors being the ones that are wired. When I switch the wires can I install the "shunt" between the top two spade connectors?
 
Should work; but I have no experience with the later ammeter. You might want to test that the shunt value is still close to correct. What I did was to connect things far enough that I could note the ammeter reading with the engine off and headlights on before installing the shunt, then again with it installed. The goal is for the latter reading to be 1/2 the first reading.

When a friend tested his early TR6 ammeter, he found that it needed almost twice as much resistance in the shunt as my early TR3 ammeter.
 
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