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I was hangin with CLNFREAK yesterday and he was saying something about adding a half or single watt resistor in line with one of the alternator wires in order to almost trick the computer to charge the batts a little higher voltage. Is this true and is it possible with a 98 Mitsubishi Eclipse 2.0 auto FWD? If it is how do i go about doing it?

I have a HO alt and 3 batts and it charges to like 14v flat and i want at least 14.4

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you just hook it up to the alternator wire. cut the wire in half, wire 1 side of the resister to one wire and the other lead of the resistor to the other wire to complete the circuit again but with the resister in line.

probably would work on your car or any car most likely.. not to sure tho never had any reason to try it.

 

 

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you just hook it up to the alternator wire. cut the wire in half, wire 1 side of the resister to one wire and the other lead of the resistor to the other wire to complete the circuit again but with the resister in line.

probably would work on your car or any car most likely.. not to sure tho never had any reason to try it.

Your talking about the wire that clips in right? Because i have 2 wires that clip in and then the 0 gauge out to the batt.

I just want to know which one so i don't have to cut both and then screw something up.

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yes, the wire that clips into the alt.. Im pretty sure it would be the wire 2nd from the left, or 3rd from the right (depending on which way your looking at the plug).

If you can see the socket where the plug gets plugged into on the back of the alternator there should be 4 letters. Usually your vehicle uses the S and the L connections. It would be the wire that is not plugged into the S part of the plug.

but your vehicle could be different.

 

 

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yes, the wire that clips into the alt.. Im pretty sure it would be the wire 2nd from the left, or 3rd from the right (depending on which way your looking at the plug).

If you can see the socket where the plug gets plugged into on the back of the alternator there should be 4 letters. Usually your vehicle uses the S and the L connections. It would be the wire that is not plugged into the S part of the plug.

but your vehicle could be different.

ok, next time i get a chance i will look, there are only 2 wires so if worse comes to worse its a 50-50 chance. Now i need to find resistors.

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