 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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Mar 4 2005, 02:49 AM
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Veteran Member Group: Member Posts: 2,688 Joined: 23-December 03 From: Ft Worth, TX Member No.: 8 |
well i put a 15 ohm 2 watt resistor in line w/ that circuit. so far it seems to be working well. if the alt fails, i'll post it.
also, resistors in parallel will have an average resistance of the 2. those in series will be addative. this should help you get the coorect ohm if you cant find a 15 exactly. |
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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 Glenn98ZM6 painless gave me a sheet of paper today that said ... Feb 8 2005, 11:10 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
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