Re: Connecting Electrical Choke to Engine Bay harness
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Whomever told you to hook it to the coil is wrong.
The choke wants 12V, the coil doesn't get 12V. Hook it to the ballast feed side.
Read Edelbrock's instructions on proper voltage for the choke and you'll see.
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Re: Connecting Electrical Choke to Engine Bay harness
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What Supercuda said & easiest/neatest is to drop a short line down from the choke several inches & T into the blue alt field wire in the loom that is running alongside the inside edge of the pass valve cover
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Re: Connecting Electrical Choke to Engine Bay harness
[Re: BigAg]
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The double blue wire on the ballast resistor is the most convenient source for the electric choke. Just use one of these to piggyback the spade terminals.
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Re: Connecting Electrical Choke to Engine Bay harness
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The double blue wire on the ballast resistor is the most convenient source for the electric choke. Just use one of these to piggyback the spade terminals.
That sounds like a pretty simple solution. Any idea where to pick one of those up?
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Re: Connecting Electrical Choke to Engine Bay harness
[Re: BigAg]
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NAPA has em, I'd call your favorite parts house & give em a descrip (brass electrical tap, double male/single female 1/4" terminals) might not be the exact definition but close enough
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Re: Connecting Electrical Choke to Engine Bay harness
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The double blue wire on the ballast resistor is the most convenient source for the electric choke. Just use one of these to piggyback the spade terminals.
Yep I agree with all these guys and this is a nice Idea John posted. And as Supercuda said you dont ever want to hook the electric choke to the coil. Good luck to you.
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Re: Connecting Electrical Choke to Engine Bay harness
[Re: RapidRobert]
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What Supercuda said & easiest/neatest is to drop a short line down from the choke several inches & T into the blue alt field wire in the loom that is running alongside the inside edge of the pass valve cover I did the field wire (switched 12 volt) trick on mine and so far no problem. E-brock does not want you to tap into the battery wire off the alternator because the voltage can be too high when charging.
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Re: Connecting Electrical Choke to Engine Bay harness
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Plus the battery wire on the alternator is hot all the time.
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Re: Connecting Electrical Choke to Engine Bay harness
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The triple tap works but is very unsightly. A short line T'd down into the loom is aesthetically pleasing (& looks OE). Yes it'd be better to relay any and all add ons (& even the existing headlights/AC/heater) to the alt batt stud (my preference/keeps the ammeter honest) but barring that (addition) I'd just clean every terminal/connection expecially the bulkhead & do Nachos bulkhead parallel bypass & call it good.
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Re: Connecting Electrical Choke to Engine Bay harness
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The triple tap works but is very unsightly. Not so bad if you bend it 90°. I don't see the running current draw of the choke coil (around 1.5 amps) as a big issue, not high enough to overload the wire.
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