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Alternator not Charging - RB30

Zack Riley

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Hey all, after some assistance. Probably buggered something up.
Had my old alternator die on me when towing a trailer. Purchased a replacement and forgot to take a photo of the back when I swapped it out with a new one.
Have it wired up B+ to Battery, Negative to D- and the two exciter wires to the exciter plug. I am unable to get the thing to charge. Is there a fuse or something else in the charging circuit that could have failed, or could my new Alternator be a dud? I do remember there being another Positive wire, however I cant find it anywhere in the engine bay. The Old Bosch alternator was the one from factory.

Car has 105000kms on it, if that helps with anything.
RB30 NA

Thanks.
 

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Does your altenator look like this ?

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Yep, Identical. I wired one other cable up to the suppression capacitor, as it was previously.
 

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Sorry for the poor photos
 

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