Alternator Woes

Marc Swanson marcswanson at mediaone.net
Mon Oct 1 13:49:20 EDT 2001


> Oh, I forgot to ask.  What's the blue small wire from
> the alternator for?

Think of it as a "switch" for your alternator.  When your ignition is in the 
on position, the blue wire supplies +12 to the alternator in effect turning 
it on.  If +12 was supplied all the time, you'd have a consistant ~3 amp draw 
on your battery.



HTH


-Marc-
87 4ktq
88 90q



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