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Originally Posted by rjs53
I've looked at lots of old posts about this and have found a lot of info. But in all the posts and pics, nobody says if the brown wire originally hooked to the voltage regulator is hot when the key is on. In pictures and post everyone hookers it to the #1 post on the new alternator, but if its hot when keyed and I have a the +lug wired to the #2 post this seems like an accident waiting to happen. Can someone shed some light on this for me? Thanks.
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The brown wire is the exciter wire that tells the internal regulator to start charging (turns it on). That is all it does. Just hook it up like all of the instructions say. All of those people can't be wrong....
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