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Old 10-30-2009, 08:14 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Most alternators have thin wires going to the voltage regulator and big wire that goes to the battery. Think wire is the charge wire, thin wire tells the regulator on what the voltage is at, so it knows when to charge and when not to charge, the main job is to keep the voltage between 13.5-14.2 volts, no more no less.
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