Um, this is pretty stupid of me, but...
I was splicing wires to extend the leads on my regulator rectifier (from alternator) since I'm moving my electronics around. There are three leads, all yellow. So as to not lose track of which wire was which (and to make it easier to shrinktube them), I cut them all at different places. Good so far.
Problem is that I've spliced in the new wire on one end and then I put shrinktube over the joints to protect them. Only I forgot to mark the spliced wire to remind myself of which wire is which so now I can't tell. I know the right thing is to cut the shrinktube off and look to see which is which, but I'm wondering if it even matters.
As I understand it, these three wires bring voltage into the unit, which transforms it into consistent usable electricity for the system. Therefore it doesn't matter on this end which wire is which, they all do the same thing. I assume that is why they're all the same color.
Right or totally stoopit?
Thanks
Dan (hanging head in shame)
BTW - it's a 1981 CM400t if it matters
I was splicing wires to extend the leads on my regulator rectifier (from alternator) since I'm moving my electronics around. There are three leads, all yellow. So as to not lose track of which wire was which (and to make it easier to shrinktube them), I cut them all at different places. Good so far.
Problem is that I've spliced in the new wire on one end and then I put shrinktube over the joints to protect them. Only I forgot to mark the spliced wire to remind myself of which wire is which so now I can't tell. I know the right thing is to cut the shrinktube off and look to see which is which, but I'm wondering if it even matters.
As I understand it, these three wires bring voltage into the unit, which transforms it into consistent usable electricity for the system. Therefore it doesn't matter on this end which wire is which, they all do the same thing. I assume that is why they're all the same color.
Right or totally stoopit?
Thanks
Dan (hanging head in shame)
BTW - it's a 1981 CM400t if it matters