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Old 09-03-2018, 01:09 AM   #14 (permalink)
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The red wire is only one wire. It is the "S" wire or sense wire. The service manual says that if the sense wire goes above approximately 14.4V, the current to the field coils is shut off. So, I am using the dc-dc converter to send 15V to the sense wire.
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