Alternator continued 3 wire to 1 wire.
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Printed Date: November-15-2024 at 11:57pm
Topic: Alternator continued 3 wire to 1 wire.
Posted By: tjeffery72Mus.
Subject: Alternator continued 3 wire to 1 wire.
Date Posted: March-26-2008 at 10:26pm
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I really want to put a 1 wire on my boat but I dont know how, anybody know how????? ------------- The Guy. |
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Posted By: 64 Skier
Date Posted: March-28-2008 at 5:24pm
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My old Ford was converted to a single wire alternator. It's pretty easy and as I recall, we experimented for a while with the wiring until we got the engine to start and stop and the alternator to charge the battery.
The starter on my old engine has a solenoid and with the newer model alternator, we got rid of the external fender style solenoid and relied solely on the solenoid mounted on top of the starter and the external voltage regulator was also not necessary since the new alternator has that circuitry already built into it's design. I can't remember exactly how it all works since I'm no electrical guy, but the alternator output was run to the hot side of the starter which in turn charges the battery and a smaller gauge instrument wire runs through the harness to the volt meter. ------------- 64 Skier 66" HO VTX and 67" HO Triumph http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1071&sort=&pagenum=3&yrstart=1971&yrend=1975 - 71CC |
Posted By: 79nautique
Date Posted: March-28-2008 at 5:30pm
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well not sure why it has two starter relay's usually there isn't a relay or solenoid on ford units like there are on GM's, but I believe all you have to do is by pass the exernal reg, wires and then connect the orange wire to the alternator and then to the relay.
Doc Chime in on this one Mark you've done this too haven't you? ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=756&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1979&yrend=1979 - 79 nautique |
Posted By: boat dr
Date Posted: March-28-2008 at 5:54pm
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Sorry guys my MOMMY says I cant talk on the phone anymore , I am grounded for speaking out of turn......Boat dr ------------- boat dr /diaries/details.asp?ID=4631 - 1949 Dart /diaries/details.asp?ID=1533 - 1964 American Skier |
Posted By: 79nautique
Date Posted: March-28-2008 at 5:59pm
wow wonder if I'm going to get another call this week ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=756&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1979&yrend=1979 - 79 nautique |
boat dr wrote:Posted By: 79nautique
Date Posted: March-28-2008 at 7:14pm
well Mark maybe you can shed some light on it, wonder if you missed the pictures too.
Tom, 64 raises a good question because the wirings a little different depending on the type of gauge used in the dash, some have Amp gauges others volt meters, so to better answer your question we need to know which your's has or if it needs/or you want to replace it with the other style. ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=756&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1979&yrend=1979 - 79 nautique |
Posted By: 67nautique312
Date Posted: March-28-2008 at 7:18pm
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Chris,
Wanted to respond to you on the bashing post but keith removed it.......what so you don't like my signature? I spent alot of time on it and i think it's good for now(good enough for me)......Are you comming to green Lake? if so see ya there! Sorry to hijack this post 
Paul, ------------- 1963 Classic (handed down to my daughter) 67 Riviera 68 barracuda 1971 Ski Nautique Promo 86 Silver Nautique 1995 Ski Nautique |
Posted By: 79nautique
Date Posted: March-29-2008 at 3:57pm
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no I usually don't see it Paul, most of the time it's just the url address, But it's looking good today? ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=756&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1979&yrend=1979 - 79 nautique |
Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: March-29-2008 at 7:20pm
It was looking good to me the other day when you apparently couldn't see it. ------------- |
Posted By: 79nautique
Date Posted: March-31-2008 at 12:52am
sorry the company I work for now does a lot of military design work and they have been under several system attackes on the mainframes lately so the systen adm's block a lot of the content, Jpeg's, banner's and bunch's of other stuff and that was the first time I've seen Paul's tag line, not that I didn't know what his boat looked liked but then there was that photo shop item that lasted a day or two or maybe two or three years forget been a long time. ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=756&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1979&yrend=1979 - 79 nautique |