Paul Amey Posted July 14, 2022 Report Share Posted July 14, 2022 Does anyone have knowledge and/or wiring instructions for converting from Dynamo to Alternator on a MK1 Vitesse please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted July 14, 2022 Report Share Posted July 14, 2022 cor didnt a search throw up anything🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Amey Posted July 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2022 1 minute ago, johny said: cor didnt a search throw up anything🤣 I thought I'd ask for advice on here first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted July 14, 2022 Report Share Posted July 14, 2022 I meant search on here as theres a lot of info... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Amey Posted July 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2022 Just now, johny said: I meant search on here as theres a lot of info... Argh, ok thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted July 14, 2022 Report Share Posted July 14, 2022 This one for example... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted July 14, 2022 Report Share Posted July 14, 2022 Just now, Paul Amey said: Argh, ok thanks. Here’s a link to start with. Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Amey Posted July 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, Paul H said: Here’s a link to start with. thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Amey Posted July 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2022 On 14/07/2022 at 20:51, Paul Amey said: Thanks for that, it's the wiring conversion I need to study. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagger Posted July 16, 2022 Report Share Posted July 16, 2022 There are loads of suppliers and most will contain instructions on how to modify the control box etc. It is all just linking some connections and removing others. I used a kit from Wins International. Dead simple. Thread drift sometimes makes searching confusing, and we all have our own way of doing things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted July 16, 2022 Report Share Posted July 16, 2022 58 minutes ago, Paul Amey said: Thanks for that, it's the wiring conversion I need to study. really simple. On the control box: 1. Ditch the earth 2. Connect F and WL 3. Connect the rest of the cables together. This is a chance to add fuses if you so wish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Amey Posted July 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2022 Thank you very much. That is really helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Amey Posted July 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2022 On 16/07/2022 at 14:32, clive said: really simple. On the control box: 1. Ditch the earth 2. Connect F and WL 3. Connect the rest of the cables together. This is a chance to add fuses if you so wish. 2 minutes ago, Paul Amey said: Thank you very much. That is really helpful. Now, at the Alternator are three terminals together two wide one's and a normal small one. All male spade connectors.On the loom are three cables, Brown with yellow tracer , large female spade connector.Brown with green tracer, small female spade connector and white with small female spade connector. Do you have instructions for this end as well please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted July 19, 2022 Report Share Posted July 19, 2022 21 minutes ago, Paul Amey said: Now, at the Alternator are three terminals together two wide one's and a normal small one. All male spade connectors.On the loom are three cables, Brown with yellow tracer , large female spade connector.Brown with green tracer, small female spade connector and white with small female spade connector. Do you have instructions for this end as well please? Not with my wiring diagrams, and no wish to get this wrong.... However, the 2 large terminals on an ACR alternator are joined, and are the charge outputs. The brown/yellow is the main charge wire, so that fits on the big terminal. I think the brown/green is the old field wire, so connects to the small alternator terminal. But check White?? that is an ignition switched live if original. No idea where that has come from. Finally, as your new alternator probably kicks ouy more than the dynamo, it is a good ide to get a length of 30A wire (similar to the thick wire you already have) and fit to the 2nd large terminal, and attach direct to the battery positive or the solenoid terminal that the battery supplies. This will stop te original wire ever getting overloaded, and improves charging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted July 19, 2022 Report Share Posted July 19, 2022 The topic has already been answered in the above posts but I've bookmarked a great explanation on a New Zealand site that I've referred to many times, so here's a link: https://www.triumphclub.co.nz/?page_id=825 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Amey Posted July 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2022 2 hours ago, clive said: Not with my wiring diagrams, and no wish to get this wrong.... However, the 2 large terminals on an ACR alternator are joined, and are the charge outputs. The brown/yellow is the main charge wire, so that fits on the big terminal. I think the brown/green is the old field wire, so connects to the small alternator terminal. But check White?? that is an ignition switched live if original. No idea where that has come from. Finally, as your new alternator probably kicks ouy more than the dynamo, it is a good ide to get a length of 30A wire (similar to the thick wire you already have) and fit to the 2nd large terminal, and attach direct to the battery positive or the solenoid terminal that the battery supplies. This will stop te original wire ever getting overloaded, and improves charging. Again, thank you very much. I believe the white wire goes to the coil positive side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Amey Posted August 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2022 On 19/07/2022 at 13:10, Colin Lindsay said: The topic has already been answered in the above posts but I've bookmarked a great explanation on a New Zealand site that I've referred to many times, so here's a link: https://www.triumphclub.co.nz/?page_id=825 Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted August 11, 2022 Report Share Posted August 11, 2022 some have a batery voltage sensing wire to aid control of the charge not used by triumph but often found on vauxhalls of the era Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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