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Old 01-07-2018, 04:35 PM   #13
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Re: AAW/external regulated alternator

First of all I agree with Richard.
Your picture is of an externally regulated alternator and it will not work the way you have it wired, in fact it will probably burn up or kill the battery. If you want to use it you will have to rewire the harness and add an external regulator.

The AAW harness has a brown wire which is the alternator exciter wire for the alternator and in the original harness it is wired to the external voltage regulator
and in the conversion it has to be wired directly to the SI internally regulator alternator. If you were converting the stock harness then you could jump the EVR plug and change the alternator plug or you could just run thye brown wire from the EVR directly to the internally regulated alternator as in Richards diagram.

That being said, you would be much better off going to the SI alternator or even to a CS style. Your voltage and current output will be much better and you can run your future additional accessories without converting later. perhaps you can return the alternator and exchange it for an internal regulated one or you can probably sell it to another 67 /72 truck owner.

If you convert you should use a main junction and not the starter solenoid, along with some fusible links in the alternator and battery power wires. If you have the gauge style dash your ammeter probably will not work with the AAW circuit.

Study this thread and you will have all the information you need.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=417872
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