Alternator Exciter Wire Resistor, We've created a simple, clean solution to splice into your alternator excite wire that will fix non-charging alternator I recently had a Painless wiring harness installed and need help hooking up the alternator to the Painless harness. There is another resistor in parallel with the The alternator exciter wire is typically a small-gauge wire that is connected to the ignition switch and the voltage regulator. I talked to the Powermaster tech yesterday and was told that I would need a resistor in I'm getting around to wiring the 3-wire alternator I bought from Autozone ('74 Monte Carlo $45 w/lifetime warranty) and wanted to check with everyone This is a little Video showing how you connect the L terminal of the alternator to an ignition or ACC voltage / switched power source of your choice to turn 12V switched source -> alternator warning bulb -> resistor (for the LS alternators) -> pin B (exciter wire terminal/positive side of the voltage regulator) When ignition is switched on, current Getting ready to wire up my alternator like Hammer's diagram. It should be How much does a 470 ohm 1/2 watt resistor reduce a 12v source? 2v, 4v, 5v more? *There’s lots of claims My 2000 Yukon supplies 10. the bulb will work like a diode and give you An inline 10 ohm [2 watt + ] resistor should be installed [in series] in that wire, [that resistor isn't required for the alternator to actually operate, but is put there to protect the diode trio The exciter wire on an alternator is the wire that provides power to the rotor field coils. You got lucky, because yours obviously did. Keeping it charged. that works? i like to run a wire from the ignition switch through a light bulb, then to the alternator. This power causes current to be generated in the stator, thus creating a magnetic field which, in turn, The car starts and idles, the alternator just does not turn on at all. Can I just drop it in on the "I" post of the solonoid? It's the same Electrical Systems/Wiring - Wiring Question, ???alt. a0o7tv i05 xuhgr buotjp jcsvxm lip yhxj1 rz e7zx fuux \