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On Fri, 2005-03-25 at 15:43, raru wrote: > that's where i first looked, but i just wasn't sure how to wire it up > with the generator and an external VR since all their schematics were > for alternators. though i was looking more at isolators rather than > relays. > > these are what i looked at: > > http://www.geocities.com/harald_nancy/isolator.htm > http://www.surepower.com/ > DUHHHHH, Just sitting here thinking about it. Connect the coil of the isolator relay to the D+ of the generator. There is no voltage there until the engine starts and the generator is above it's cut in speed. 12V Gen. cut-in = 2200-2300 armature RPM = 1000 RPM crankshaft. approx. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~