[truckster]

Just to be clear, because I also have the single brown wire on the alternator that's going into my 72 Blazer, together with a new wiring harness: I should put a resistor between the brown wire and the wire that's labeled Alternator Exciter. I think I understand that part.

But you said that for better voltage sensing the output terminal should be wired to the fuse panel and not directly to the battery or starter post. My wiring kit says to run a bypass wire if using an alternator with higher than 80 amp capacity. So if I run a bypass wire, my voltage gauge (which replaced my ammeter) will still read voltage but might not be exactly right. Did I get that right, or am I missing something?

And I realize I'm somewhat hijacking a thread, but I suspect Wade might run into the same type of issue.

Thanks

David