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Subject:Re: Checking output of alternator.
From:Mark Drillock
Date:Sat, 16 Jul 2016 04:37:01 -0700

The red charging wire goes from the alternator to the starter post and then
a huge cable goes from there to the battery. If yours is older than 1987
the red charging wire may have a junction inside the engine compartment
wiring box where red power wires have a junction stud. I would most suspect
a problem at the alternator end or starter end of the red wire, then inside
the wiring box if pre 87.