Anyone ever installed a voltmeter on a Savage? I am thinking of something like this. I am wondering what is the best place to connect it to? I mean where on the bike is it easier to find a place to find a positive wire that goes live when the ignition is on? Thanks!

Routy wrote on 11/08/10 at 18:14:33:

There won't be any noticable load on the voltmeter - it's LED so it would consume close to nothing, at least compare to the 55W headlight bulb. The headlight though doesn't look ideal to me - when running with high beam the low beam wire is not live, and vise versa. I was thinking of the front blinkers, they have these running lights there that are lit all the time, but how do I connect to this wire? Anyone knows a good place? Thanks!

12vdc is very sensitive to voltage drop. Even tho the voltmeter draws hardly any current, anything downstream from the battery is going to show an inconsistent voltage reading, depending how that circuit is loaded. If you are on a circuit that is loaded all the time (w/ ign on) you could get a consistent reading, but it will still be lower than the true battery voltage, which may be ok for knowing whats normal and whats not.
An ideal place would be at the ign switch, because it usually has a very heavy wire feeding it, and is more apt to show true and consistent voltage.