Will rectifier hurt kill my ignition?

[rk2fish]

I bought a generic rectifier for my '94 88hp Johnson a while back. the yellow wires are the same with<br />no stripe. I got mixed answers from this site about how it definitely matters where the yellow/grey<br />wire goes. I think my original rectifier finally gave out(yellow wire output is around 16.5 V and red wire<br />is at battery voltage 12.6V). Today I changed the rectifier, guessing on the yellow wires. It seems to <br />be okay(yellow wires 6.5V and red 13.5V). My question is, did I luck out on hooking it up or will<br />my ignition fry up eventually? I'm going fishing tomorrow will I be stranded?Thanks alot.

 

[Joe Reeves]

Re: Will rectifier hurt kill my ignition?

RK2Fish..... The newer rectifiers have been supplied with two plain yellow wires instead of one yellow and one yellow/gray.<br /><br />For awhile, the manufactuers included with the rectifier a notice that it made no difference which yellow wire connected to the stator yellow/gray wire, but for some unknown reason they do not include that notice anymore.<br /><br />Bottom line.... You've hooked up the rectifier properly regardless of which yellow wire you have connected to the stator yellow/gray wire. Should you encounter electrical problems, rest assured it will not be due to the rectifier installation.