[Fot] Nippon Denso Alternator

[Randy and Valerie DeRuiter]

Robert-

I just hooked up a 3 wire denso alternator on my 3A engine - you hook one
terminal to a switched power source, the other hooked into the ignition light.
Here's a good website link showing the hookup:
http://westfield-world.com/daihatsu_alternator.html

Randy



> Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 14:06:01 -0400
> From: lang at isis.mit.edu
> To: sjanzen at me.com
> CC: fot at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Nippon Denso Alternator
>
> Hi,
>
> The Denso alternator that several responses refer to is NOT the one I
> have. DB Electrical sells a Denso Chevy Mini alternator. It has a big lug
> on the side which is clearly the output, but there are TWO spade lugs on
> the rear of the unit which are proably the sense in lamp connections - not
> sure on that.
>
> But based on the responses so far, I'll def check the ground and worst
> case - I'll pull the unit and test it under load at the local Auto Zone.
>
> regards,
> rml