15 replies to this topic

[minilee94]

What's the small spade connector (male) for on my alternator when I hade my old auto I'm sure there was a connector on it but I can't find the connector now there may of never been one but I can't remember was many years ago I took the engine out

[KernowCooper]

Small spade connection is the Ignition Warning Light, look for a thin Brown/yellow cable coming out the loom where the 2 Large Brown go onto the 2 large spade terminals

Edited by KernowCooper, 18 July 2014 - 08:09 PM.

[minilee94]

Ohh right I cant find the wire anywhere

Edited by minilee94, 18 July 2014 - 08:08 PM.

[minilee94]

So it's for the earring light that comes on when the alternator stops charging

[minilee94]

Also what the small take offs for ring connectors has a small 6mm nut

[KernowCooper]

Its the wire which feed the 12v exciter circuit in the alternator, with out the wire it wont charge, it comes off the ignition light bulb, see the FAQs Electrical section, I have a post there explaining how the circuit works

Edited by KernowCooper, 18 July 2014 - 08:13 PM.

[minilee94]

Okay cheers but I wonder we're it's gone then it must of been in the loom somewhere

[Dan]

Wait, what connector are you talking about? The small warning lamp terminal is inside the main socket. The separate small spade by itself is not. Some are for suppressors a and some are phase terminals. If there is a small square box on the back of the alternator boys that is a suppressor, if there is another individual spade connector it's phase and you must not connect to it.

[minilee94]

As you can see by the red arrows what is missing

[KernowCooper]

Just answered this in a PM with the picture and the top small spade is a suppressor connection and as Dan pointed out and in my reply the warning light wire is a small Brown/yellow and is in the main plug with the 2 thicker Brown

[minilee94]

Yeah thanks yeah I have all th other wires in a plug but just not the supressor

Thanks kernrow cooper and dan

[KernowCooper]

If you dont have it then there are lots in the same boat without alternator noise on their radios

[minilee94]

Thats another think my car has never had a radio even from factory but im not going to fit one to save weight and I wont.be able to hear it anyway

[Alex_B]

The suppressor cable broke on mine a while back and not noticed any noise through the radio so I wouldn't loose sleep over it

[minilee94]

Okay thanks as said I wont be having a radio anyway cheeers for the help