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Re: Alternator HELP!!! ASAP!!!

To: Jen/Scott <jsloan798@earthlink.net>, Tigers Club
Subject: Re: Alternator HELP!!! ASAP!!!
From: Theo Smit <tsmit@shaw.ca>
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 11:31:30 -0600
Hi Scott,
The best idea is to connect it to the ignition side of the ignition 
switch - that corresponds to the white group of wires at the (OEM) fuse 
block. Some alternators require a diode in that connection to keep 
things going in the right direction - if that's the case, go get a 
1N4002 or 1N4003, and install it with the end of the diode that has a 
ring on it connected to the alternator.

Those diodes are pretty generic and you should be able to get them at 
Radio Shaft or any equivalent place. I'd send you one but the postage on 
it would be about ten times the cost of the diode.

Good luck,
Theo

Jen/Scott wrote:

>Well, It appears I may have solved it now. I looked at what I had done
>before, and for those of you who recall, I removed the charging system
>warning light because of poor wiring. Well, I think it was just hooked
>to the battery voltage at the ign switch, and when I hooked a wire back
>up to it, without the lamp, the ammeter was in the positive. Does it
>sound ok if I do that, or will I drain my system somehow as the car
>sits? Hopefully that is all for me for now. Thanks
>
>Scott





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