My adjustment is not going any better. My B&D reads 6.4 a but the most that I can get the amps to read by turning the pot clockwise is 3.8 a. The problem the volts go to 64 volts. So I readjusted the volt pot back to 15.4 v. but could not get move then 3.8 a or less than .1 amps. Maybe Richard was right or I am missing something. I am not sure by what you mean by the "outer edge of the shunt". My shunt has a large cable going to the frame and grounded by a bolt the other cable goes to the neg post of the second 6V GC battery wired in series.