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So basically you hooked both wires to 12V - right?
Yep, but with the
diode that's shown in the drawing.
Are you using a contactor and crowbar setup to diconnect the B
lead in case of overvoltage?
Nope. Modern
alternators are reliable enough for me. I'm also not so sure that the
alternator can produce voltages high enough to hurt anything, except maybe the
battery, eventually. When I first hooked mine up, I put a switch in the
circuit, thinking I could shut off the alternator. All I managed to do was
cause several different variations of unregulated voltage. It
never went over about 18V, which is well within the range of what most 12V
items can tolerate.
Jusr curious - why not use the alternator warning since it's
there.
I figured someone
would ask that :-) I didn't want to mount another warning light, since I
plan to have the (say it with me <g>) EM-2 watching the
voltage.
Rusty
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