At 11:54 AM 5/29/2002, Tonya Pope wrote:
>Someone wrote a week or so ago that the battery and ox light
>being on might be because of the blue wire on the alternator.  This
>is on an 87, btw.  When I replaced my alternator, there wasn't the
>same connection for the blue wire as was on my old one.
>
>What exactly does this wire do,

Dual-purpose -- "tickles" the alternator to get it started charging, and
lights up the alt (and OXS) light when it's not charging.

>where should it be connected,

D+ terminal on alternator

>and
>does it need the 2.2 microfarad capacitor that was connected to it
>on the old alternator?

There should be a squarish capacitor bolted to the alternator, with a lead
connected to terminal marked + -- that's not the same as D+.

The B+ terminal is for the connection to the battery.

david

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