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Mechman alternator install = smoke show
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<blockquote data-quote="066" data-source="post: 8826154" data-attributes="member: 687517"><p>Thanks for the response! I suppose I should’ve specified the vehicle too. This is a 2006 6.0 F250.</p><p></p><p>I got some generic instructions. </p><p></p><p>But from my Powerstroke forum, another member said</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>The old alternator cable and the glow plug power cable join together with a fuse link, near the battery end -- then connected to the battery post</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>you could just re-connect the cable at the battery post and insulate the end at the alternator</em></p><p><em>or connect back to the alternator if the post has room</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The sensing wire adjusted the voltage regulator near where the glow plug power was taken -- I suspect to prolong glow plug life, from over voltage</em></p><p></p><p>So it sounds like I just need to reconnect the old alt/battery cable because it powers my glow plugs.</p><p></p><p>When I turned the key, it tried to charge the glow plugs (>200a load) through that 16ga wire. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤣" title="🤣" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="066, post: 8826154, member: 687517"] Thanks for the response! I suppose I should’ve specified the vehicle too. This is a 2006 6.0 F250. I got some generic instructions. But from my Powerstroke forum, another member said [I]The old alternator cable and the glow plug power cable join together with a fuse link, near the battery end -- then connected to the battery post you could just re-connect the cable at the battery post and insulate the end at the alternator or connect back to the alternator if the post has room The sensing wire adjusted the voltage regulator near where the glow plug power was taken -- I suspect to prolong glow plug life, from over voltage[/I] So it sounds like I just need to reconnect the old alt/battery cable because it powers my glow plugs. When I turned the key, it tried to charge the glow plugs (>200a load) through that 16ga wire. 🤣 [/QUOTE]
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