[ihc] Mark Hamilton on field leads

[John Hofstetter <hofs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A very ill and overworked  Mark Hamilton of MAD took the time to answer 
my questions by e-mail. Thanks to Joe Mathias for giving me access to 
Mark's e-mail. Mark doesn't have his e-mail address on his web site 
because he doesn't have the time to respond to people like me, but of 
course, he did respond to me.

Mark says that the resistance of the field wire is irrelevant to the 
output voltage of the Delco alternator. He says that it was a 
resistance wire in order to help protect some of  the alternator 
regulator electronics. OK, I will no longer preach my false gospel, 
although I am still perplexed at what changed my output voltage. Maybe 
I've forgotten the sequence and changed my sense connection at the same 
time as I changed the field lead.

Mark says that their Alt. kit comes with a diode for the field lead 
replacement wire that he recommends using even if you have an idiot 
light wired in series because it helps protect high tech electronics 
such as an MSD 6 series ignition module.

Oh, Hell, I hate to be wrong. Please don't tell my wife, as she still 
thinks I'm perfect. She still tells anyone who asks that her being 
thrown out of the back of the Scout and nearly killed was totally her 
fault.

John

John Hofstetter
Ol' Saline
www.goldrush.com/~hofs