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Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 10:20
AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Alternator
wires
There are two small wires coming out of my stock alternator.
I'm guessing that one is field and one is the idiot light. Does anyone know
which is which, or how to test this, and what comes out of the idiot light
wire - 12v or ground? John Slade
When you say stock
alternator, do you mean from a 2nd gen RX-7, or ??? I'm sure we can
cough up the actual schematic info if it's an RX-7 alt. FWIW,
you're probably right about what the wires do, and the idiot light circuit
probably provides a ground to turn the light on.
Rusty
I brought my
alternator to our local alternator rebuilder, who put new bearings in in,
cleaned it up, and tested it. I had the same question for him regarding the
wires. If you send a picture of your alternator, I will compare it to my
alternator. If it appears the same, I can point out which is the idiot
light, and which is the field. P.S. I was also told that if I run the
alternator without the idiot light circuit connected, that I would probably
trash the alternator. For what it's worth. Paul Conner, 13b
powered SQ2000 almost finished.