Battery charging problem.

[Isaiah92260]

Originally Posted by Mackie

Disconnecting the battery cable while running is the wrong way to test the alternator and may cause damage. Please get a volt, ohm meter. They're only 8 bucks for an entry level one. Test positive/negative at the battery at idle and when you rev it to 2K or so, watching for voltage increase.

10si 3 wire's are a simple hook up.

8ga. wire from bat. + to big terminal, a short jumper from terminal # 2 to the bat term. on the alt. and a wire from key-on source (like ign. switch) thru the idiot light to term #1.

I need to ASAP! I've been putting it off too much cuz of no time, I'm gonna make the point this week. Thank you for that diagram! Is that jumper similar to those that Brothers truck sells? I would definitely invest in this, do I have to take off the voltage regulator since the new alternator would be internal and don't need the regulator and would of course have the option to splice the wires there.