quote:Originally posted by captaintobeys:
I searched all the old posts and got more confused.
I put in a high amp, internally regulated alternator. I swear from a posting in here I was sent to a company that supplied a wiring conversion pigtail and a modified old style regulator that was suppose to allow the amp gauge and warning light to work properly. Plug and play.
Not so lucky. My amp gauge does not move. I know the alternator is charging(14.3 volts). At least there hasn't been any smoke. The instructions were followed but now I do not have access to them because we are moving.
Is there a way to wire up the alternator to eliminate the external regulator altogether and keep the light and gauge?
If you installed a one wire after market alternator, I don't believe that you can get the gen light to work anymore. The amp gauge should still work because all of the power from the alternator is going through it and to the battery. Have you installed a shunt across the back of the amp gauge terminals? If this has been done with a wire that is too thick, the amp gauge will not read very much or may not work at all.
There is some very good information about one wire alternators vs standard ones at a site called Mad Electrical.com. There are some real problems with the way the amp gauge is set up in a Pantera and this website does point out this issue.