alternator grounding
Hi all, very simple question, is my alternator body supposed to be grounded to the engine block (and hence back to the fuse box -ve via the main engine ground strap)?
All my new bracketry and the block itself is now nicely painted and it suddenly occured to me that this might not be such a good thing in this instance as the whole thing will be isolated electrically or at best, grounded badly.
There are two electrical connections on the alternator itself but I remember coming to the conclusion, during my loom fiddling, that though one is red and the other black that they're both actually positive. I think one is the charging path back to B+ and the other provides a lower current to allow the alternator to do it's thing (technical term) in the first place, hence the need for a separate, non cable based ground somewhere in the system.
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