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Scott Novak
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Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:13 pm Post subject:

If you are going to add a diode, use a higher voltage diode. There can sometimes be high voltage spikes when starting the engine. I'd use a diode with at least a 200V rating. Scott Novak

Dale M.
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 7:35 am Post subject:

Aerindel wrote:

Yep. The idiot light isn't just a light, its a resistor that sets up the field charge to make the alternator work. It also has to be a 'real' light bulb, an LED won't cut it.

A LED can work if done properly....

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