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i read online and talked to a alternator rebuild guy about upping the voltage for short periods of time. he said to put a switch on the charge read wire. the Fat white wire in the plug. but he didnt say what kind of switch. could i use a heavy duty on off switch?

Im not advocating you do this, but you'd need a switch rated for the amperage you are going to run temporarily.

Sounds sketchy to be honest. Lol but i'm with Mike.

he said it interrupts the reading so it lets the alt charge at a higher voltage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnLbdSu13uU

something like this

Why are you wanting to do this?

so i can up my voltage during stereo comps.

makes sense but i'd figure there would be some sort of external controller you can buy and wire in-between that can give you a specific voltage.

i wish there was. but the shop guy said to put a switch on the wire that tells the alt to kick on, is suppose to fool the alt to make it think the battery needs some extra voltage

You likely need to hook up to the sense pin. These diagrams below should help


http://main.experiencetherave.com/subar ... nator1.jpg
http://main.experiencetherave.com/subar ... nator2.jpg

so looking at this. i need to tap into the white thick wire. well on my subie the sense it the white 12 gauge ish wire

You are correct, I was wrong earlier.

This diagram also confirms and shows it's pin 2.

http://www.surrealmirage.com/subaru/fil ... uting1.jpg

so would a heavy duty on off switch work?

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Based on what you've said, the switch would be simply interrupting a low voltage signal wire. Therefore, you don't need a super heavy duty switch. Might be a good idea to use one anyways because in theory they are better built.

I think that this idea is going to chew through alternator however, but I am curious to hear the results.

its only gonna be switched off so to speak during stereo comps other wise it will be left on for daily

turbo970 wrote:its only gonna be switched off so to speak during stereo comps other wise it will be left on for daily

Did you mean to say it's only going to be switched "on" for stereo comps and left "off" for daily?

yea my bad lol i was thinking in my head when switch is on the alt would do normal charge and switched off it will do the boosted charge

well i put a switch in and a relay charge goes up but the dash light kicks on.

What does the voltage go up to?

14.4 14.5. i put a diode in and it floats between 13.6 and 14.2. i need to find out if i put a second one in if it will steady things