Help me wire this in,,, please

[jamesandlouisa]

Hi all

i have attached a piccy of my alternator, and have labelled up the terminlas as its abit hard to make out in the piccy, where do all these go, i have had the thing running on the car with the bat terminal connected to my live feed and the bluewire (aka igntion telltale) connected to the field terminal. is this right? i have the ak wiring harness and i'm just not getting a charge from the alternator... any ideas?

cheers

james

[tony]

James

Have you tried it with the charge warning light connected to the bulb as I seem to remember this could have an effect on the charging circuit.
I could be wrong but I`m sure I remember someone having a similar problem a while back.


Tony.

[Purple AK]

James you need the blue wire connected to the ign warning light and the other side of the light connected to ign 12v positive. This excites the alternator into charging on startup :thumb:

[jamesandlouisa]

okay now i'm confused.

i have wired up the ignition warning light as per ak's wiring instructions, so when i turn the igntion on i have a light on dash illuminated, when the car starts the light stays on. ak's wiring instruvtions for the engine bay give me a thick red and thin blue to alternator and they also mention a jumper?

[tony]

James.

Does the warning light stay on when you rev the engine?Mines a single wire hook up to the alternator and relies on about 2000rpm at which point it starts charging and then continues to do so when the revs drop back off, it just needs that initial rev to start things going.

Tony.

[jamesandlouisa]

sent my piccy to AK (as i ask them everything) ken has straight away told me its an externally regulated alternator! therefore need a regulator. quick trip to the local autot electrical overhaulers and the said item is ordered, should be here for monday..

cheers everyone for your help

[neil still building it]

hi tony
i had a rusty old capri that was the same ,forget to rev it, the batt goes flat!! if you change the wattage of the bulb (bigger bulb!)it reduces the 'cut in' speed....!! so it charges sooner...@ an lower speed
neil