 alternator question, what to do w/ the small red wire? |
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 Feb 7 2005, 11:46 PM
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o.k. - on my 93 LT1 CMC car, i'm using a painless wiring engine harness. this harness does not have the small red wire that plugs into the altinator. so i plan to cut this wire out of the stock harness as far back as i can. my plan was to put this on a 12v switched source. the guys at painless said it needs to have a resistor or light inline w/ it. does that sound right? they said w/out the resistor or light the regulator would burn up. anyone know any different?
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Feb 8 2005, 11:10 PM
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Veteran Member Group: Member Posts: 2,688 Joined: 23-December 03 From: Ft Worth, TX Member No.: 8 |
painless gave me a sheet of paper today that said a 15 ohm (not 15 K ohm) 2 watt resistor is needed on pin L between it and the 12v switched source. it needs to be there if you are not running the idiot lamp. all the research on google gave me a 35-40 ohm resistor.
randy, if you could disconect the connector @ the alt and put an ohm meter on it and to the + battery terminal w/ the "key" on it would give you the ohm's you used. this would be nice if ANYONE out there had a stock LT1 they could do this to. anyone know of a place to find a stock LT1? (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) |
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Glenn98ZM6 alternator question Feb 7 2005, 11:46 PM
rmackintosh ....dunno...I put it inline with my ignition switc... Feb 8 2005, 12:10 AM Glenn98ZM6 randy- how long has your car been wired like this? Feb 8 2005, 01:39 AM rmackintosh QUOTE (Glenn98ZM6 @ Feb 7 2005, 07:39 PM)rand... Feb 8 2005, 02:15 AM bsim Uh, isn't the 'little' red wire the ... Feb 8 2005, 05:08 AM rmackintosh ....yes...this is the "exciter" circuit.... Feb 8 2005, 05:23 AM Glenn98ZM6 for now, no master shut-off.
if you could please ... Feb 8 2005, 01:15 PM rmackintosh Glenn,
Here is all I could find.....a PM message ... Feb 8 2005, 04:50 PM #07 Glenn, I cant help you on the getting ohms reading... Feb 9 2005, 02:34 PM Glenn98ZM6 on myu 93 LT1 engine harness, and on my 98 LS1 eng... Feb 9 2005, 06:22 PM #07 Thanks for that bit of info Glenn. Hope you find o... Feb 10 2005, 04:41 AM mitchntx I hope you folks are beginning to realize that Gle... Feb 10 2005, 01:34 PM Glenn98ZM6 thanks mitch. i was begining to wonder if this was... Feb 10 2005, 02:21 PM mitchntx I wasn't gonna use that obvious of a reference... Feb 10 2005, 06:20 PM AllZWay QUOTE (Glenn98ZM6 @ Feb 10 2005, 08:21 AM)tha... Feb 10 2005, 08:20 PM #07 Hey Glenn for what its worth thanks for this threa... Mar 4 2005, 12:56 AM
Glenn98ZM6 well i put a 15 ohm 2 watt resistor in line w/ tha... Mar 4 2005, 02:49 AM |
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