[DeTomaso] Generator Dummy Light with a 1-wire alternator

[Rob Dumoulin]

Disregard this post. While writing it I decided to try and unplug the old
voltage regulator and the light now goes off while the engine is running.

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Rob Dumoulin <rob at dumoulins.net> wrote:

> While installing my Kirk Evans firewall reduction kit, I decided to upgrade
> my 61 Amp stock alternator to a GM 97 Amp single-wire one. The alternator
> shop modified the new alternator to have a wire to control the dash light
> and told me to splice it into my current voltage regulator wire labeled "I"
> (the letter i, not 1). When I did a fit test prior to hooking up the extra
> wire, I noticed the system was not showing a charge on the amp meter. Once I
> hooked up the extra wire to the voltage regulator i wire, it was charging
> perfectly....except the dummy light was still lit.  The three left-over
> wires from my stock alternator are all taped off and the voltage regulator
> plug is still attached, just spliced to the new wire.
>
> How do you have to wire it to control the light?
>
> --
> Rob
>



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