inline resistor to alternator
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inline resistor to alternator
could some one tell me what line to put the 10 ohm 10watt resistor in, I think it is used to excite the alternator to get it to charge at low RPM's. long story it went bad and took out the wiring harness (melted) after the repair I forgot what wire it was on and want to do it right as I don't want to repair the harness again Thamks Tom
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could some one tell me what line to put the 10 ohm 10watt resistor in, I think it is used to excite the alternator to get it to charge at low RPM's. long story it went bad and took out the wiring harness (melted) after the repair I forgot what wire it was on and want to do it right as I don't want to repair the harness again Thamks Tom
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resistor ???
I have a 67 small block, there was a ceramic resistor hidden in the wiring harness and taped over I didn"t know it was there till it went up in smoke and took the harness with it. This is a one wire alternator wired to a non solid state regulator. Thanks again
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Look at the drawing above and make sure your alternator is wired as such. That wire burned because it conducted full battery current from a short. It is possible the regulator in the alternator is toast. I would pull the alternator & have it tested, and rewire it as per the drawing above. Actually, I would order a new harness, regulator and proper 10DN alternator and put it back together as Chevy had it day 1.
Dan
