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Can I use the green-red wire from the voltage regulator as 12 volt source?

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BaLleRz68

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I just installed my 3G alternator and removed the voltage regulator. I cut the green-red strip wire that goes to the ignition and was wondering if I can use that wire as a 12 volt source for my electric fan? How about the brown wire that goes to the ignition on the starter solenoid. Can I use that? Any thoughts are appreciated. here is a diagrams for reference. Thanks.



http://www.hammar.dyndns.org/~djhamma/wiring/1967/67ignit1.jpg
 

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I've used the red/grn wire off the voltage regulater to run the hot wire on a Pertronix ign conversion for the distributer, or the electric choke on a Holly carb. Great switched 12v source, but that wire is not heavy enough to run any high current devices like a fan. You could use it to run a relay that runs the fan, but I don't think that was what you were after. A fan would overload this circuit very quickly I would think.

Oh, the brown wire runs off the ballest resister wire from the ign switch. So it's current limited. That why its a bad choice for the electric choke and the Pertronix. I have used it but not recomended and i don't like splicing at the solinoid. Always looks goofy no matter how you splice it but thats just me.
 
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Thanks for the reply. Im actually using the painless kit. Here is the link:

http://www.painlessperformance.com/Manuals/30103Instruction.pdf

So I can actually use that wire? Thanks for the input.
 

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Yes, if you're using it to trigger that relay it should work fine.
 
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