>> With the alternator regulated to under 14 volts, you will never get much
>more
>> than 30 amps going into battery. If the battery is completely dead, it
will
>
>I saw Dave Schwarze blow out a 60 Amp ammeter, and I doubt it was blown out
>by 30 Amps.
>
>

I doubt you blew out the alternator from a second battery.  Must have been
combined with other overload and or short circuit.

Dennis.