Where to hook charge wire??

[Kelly 1,033]

I'm pretty good at wiring but I don't want to screw anything up on my Diesel 195 project, parts for the diesel can take a while to get, the engine has a charging system on it with a reg. and a loose wire, that wire is for charging the batt. I'm not 100% sure where the best place to tie it in would be? I have a aftermarket ign. switch I thought about hooking it to the acc. terminal on that with a 20 amp fuse inline, (I have not checked the true output on the wire yet, my amp meter was in the barn and it has been so hot I did not feel like walking out there, but with a test light it does get brighter as RPMs go up) I'm just not sure where the best place is to hook it, so I don't have back feed or a draw with the key off, other idea was direct to the batt. but I really don't like that idea. 

[Jeff-C175 7,206]

Is the aftermarket ign switch a 'replacement' for the WH one?  Same pinouts, or different?

 

Typically with the original switches, there is a terminal on the ign switch for the regulator output, and that is disconnected when machine is off...

 

No, definitely not direct to the battery, even if it is fused.

[Don1977 604]

The wire from the regulator to the  R  terminal on the switch. The charge wire to the battery runs from the  B  terminal through the Amp Meter to the battery side of the solenoid switch.

Edited July 17, 2013 by Don1977

[Kelly 1,033]

It's not a GT style switch, it is a cut key style from TSC it has going from memory, power in, start, acc, and ign. they are post style terminals with nuts. 

[Jeff-C175 7,206]

I think given the choices that the ACC is going to be your best choice.

[JC 1965 1,532]

Kelly,  I think you should PM Chuck ( Save Old Iron) You don't want to fry anything in the electrical system.