Delco alternator question

INCase · May 20, 2010

Don't really want to do this but I saw a delco alternator with the area of the 2 extra wires (3 wire alt) with no connectors and only hooked up as a 1 wire.

Is it possible to convert them from 3 wire to 1 wire? or to run a 3 wire as a 1 wire?

Bspauld · May 20, 2010

You can buy a self exciting regulator to put in a regular alternator and go to one wire

Kruse · May 20, 2010

I've never done one myself, as I think the 3 wire is the only way to go, but I've seen kits out there to do it. Probably the last place I saw one was in a JC Whitney catalog.

jstpa · May 20, 2010

If you go to a one wire, buy the regulator at a rebuild shop.Make sure and get the a.c. activated regulator. It will eliminate having to rev the engine to kick the alternator in. It"s hard to beleive how much diffrence they make. jstpa

old · May 20, 2010

All a 1 wire is, is a rewire worked 3 wire and they just put a cover where the plug should be and they can of course fall out and then they will look like a 3 wire

JDemaris · May 20, 2010

It only needs a two wire hookup when on a farm tractor. If you want to convert to a one-wire hookup, you stick in a $12 self-excite regulator.

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