will this work??

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Id like too swap too a 200 amp Alternator on a corvette and this APPEARS to be an option at a good price, BUT on close examination the stock Alternator has one main red wire connecting to the positive battery like this but the replacement on e-bay doesn,t also have the extra plug connection the stock Alternator has, please clue me in guys as Alternator are not my strong suit.???
 
One blip of the throttle after starting and that one wire alt will charge just like a 3 wire.

The main difference between a one wire and an OEM is the method used to energize or turn on the alternator. An alternator using the OEM style is turned on with the ignition switch. The one wire design is energized with a special sensing cicuit built into the internal voltage regulator. This circuit senses the rotation of the alternator's rotor. The rotor must turn at sufficient speed to trip the circuit, starting the charging process. This turn-on speed is affected by several things and is typically higher with certain high amperage alternators. Once this circuit is tripped, the alternator will charge at all speeds, even very low ones, until the alternator's rotor comes to a complete stop. At that point, the circuit will shut off and wait for the process to be repeated. What this means is that in some applications the engine must be revved to 1200 or 1400 RPMs to turn the one wire alternator on.
 
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