Letsgosailing wrote: > My "B" wire is connected to the starter solenoid and then to the battery. I > tried that thanks. > Yanni Marinated > S/V Princess Thalia > Hamilton-Fifty Point @H3 > www.yannismarine.ca > Not completely on topic but here's what I'm running and a question to boot.
My 10SI alternator (internal regulator) has 5 wires connected to it. On the back is connected a #8 wire which is the output of the alternator and is connected to the starter solenoid. A 2/0 wire runs from there to the starting battery. Also a #8 ground wire is attached to the ground bolt and runs to engine ground at the same point as the 2/0 wire from the battery. A 3 wire connector on the side of the alternator has the field wire, the sense wire and the tach sense wire. The sense wire runs to the starter solenoid. I know it should go to the battery but with a 2/0 wire to the battery I'm guessing the drop is negligible if I keep the terminals clean. The field wire is connected to the hot side of the battery through the starter switch. There is no battery switch in this circuit. From my distant and hazy past I know that there is a special wire going to the sense side of the alternator. It is a solid wire and "feels" different. I can't recall if I ever knew why it was special but my Dad was an automotive electrical expert and I'm sure he told me about not replacing that wire with just any old wire, but not why. So my question is does anyone know what is special about that wire? Is it fusible? Is it resistance wire? Is it my imagination? Thanks, Jim. _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
