Dennis,

If I read this correctly, I can leave the wire as is and not worry about
connecting it to anything.  I don't have a fridge. It's just a plain old GL.

Jim

On Nov 28, 2007 8:48 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:

> The black box is a noise filter capacitor. The wire connects to the main
> battery wire. If a factory Westy with the Fridge relay, there should be a
> 2nd filter connected with the blue wire for the warning light. This is to
> absorb the voltage spike when the relay coil is de-energized. Do not worry
> to much about that one.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Jim Johnston
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 7:51 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: alternator question
>
> Hello all,
>
> I had to remove the alternator to replace a broken alternator bracket in
> my
> 1991 Vanagon GL.  In the process, I broke a black wire on the rear of the
> alternator.  The broken wire leads to a little black box.  Here are
> pictures:
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/inmytree1/AlternatorWire
>
> I also broke the blue wire, too.  I know where that one goes, but the
> black
> wire seems too short to attach to anything.  It may go the same place the
> blue wire goes, but I'm not a 100% sure.  Any guidance would be
> appreciated.
>
> Jim
> Wilmington, NC
>
>

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Jim
Wilmington, NC