Hi,
I need some help before I blow my self out of the water. My boat had no alternator so I went and got one. it is internally regulated.
I hooked the orange wire to the batt terminal, the black wire to the ground and the other two (Purple and red) to the plug in connector that came with the alternator.
on the alternator it says "R and F" I hooked the red wire to R and the purple to F.
It started up and ran at just under 14 volts...I whooped for joy! then I tried to turn it off... it stayed running... had to pull the red and purple wires out of the alternator to turn off the engine. I read the F terminal is supposed to light the idiot light. I wonder if I just leave the purple wire disconnected if that will solve the problem... HELP!
I need some help before I blow my self out of the water. My boat had no alternator so I went and got one. it is internally regulated.
I hooked the orange wire to the batt terminal, the black wire to the ground and the other two (Purple and red) to the plug in connector that came with the alternator.
on the alternator it says "R and F" I hooked the red wire to R and the purple to F.
It started up and ran at just under 14 volts...I whooped for joy! then I tried to turn it off... it stayed running... had to pull the red and purple wires out of the alternator to turn off the engine. I read the F terminal is supposed to light the idiot light. I wonder if I just leave the purple wire disconnected if that will solve the problem... HELP!