Having identified a fault with the voltage regulator I ordered a replacement. On receipt I found the part boxed with correct part number quoted, in this case 893640T01. Currently fitted regulator has 5 wires, namely 2 yellow, 1 black, 1 grey and 1 red. The part received has 6 wires. 5 are as per mine fitted with the correct connectors/plugs, but there is a sixth wire of a reddish/brown colour.
The box it came in quotes some other part numbers for which this is supposedly a replacement for. Googling each of them, some of them are 5 wired, but a couple are 6.
It looks a relatively easy thing to take off the old and fit the new, but i am no boat electrician!
Just looking for some reassurance that the extra wire is indeed surplus to requirements in my case. Hopefully someone here has encountered this before?
The box it came in quotes some other part numbers for which this is supposedly a replacement for. Googling each of them, some of them are 5 wired, but a couple are 6.
It looks a relatively easy thing to take off the old and fit the new, but i am no boat electrician!
Just looking for some reassurance that the extra wire is indeed surplus to requirements in my case. Hopefully someone here has encountered this before?