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Originally Posted by s2man
My thinking too. I'd put the microswitch on the throttle. 0 throttle = charge. Besides charging while decelerating, that would also charge during my neutral coasts on the hills where the stupid a/t is pushing the rpm's up around 1100. I'd also add a parallel switch so you can energize at will (eg the battery is low, headlights or fan on, etc).
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only thing about attaching to throttle is for a manual shift, your fully releasing throttle quite a bit during shifting, and it would kick the alternator in for like a second at a time jolting in and out of action. idk if thats good for the alternator but pretty sure the ecu would freak out or you'd blow something...
thats why im only having it cut on when either:
1. brake lights are on --->relay
2. Headlights are on------>same relay wire
3. manual switch -------->same relay wire, spliced in.
either one, some, or all, of the three will engage alternator, through the same relay.
the headlight wire is convenient so you will have a constant charge coming on under load like at night.