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Unfortunately, the alternator regulator is sort of a black
box. If we knew the exact circuit, we could probably figure
out more about what will, and won't work for a light.
The safest approach is to emulate what Mazda did, because they do
know what's inside the alternator.
As for
burning up the alternator by not connecting wires, I imagine there's
some truth to that statement, for at least some alternators. It does
seem hard to believe that not connecting the IL circuit would cause a problem,
but again, we don't have any information about the actual
circuit.
Rusty (I
though Ed was Mr Alternator)