Diode in alternator wire question

[fubar2]

Maybe a stupid question, but I haven't seen a pic close enough to show or seen a written answer.
When installing a diode in the alt. wire do you put a bend in the wire and solder the diode to short across the bend or do you clip the wire into and solder the diode to both newly exposed ends? In other words do you leave the alt. wire in one piece or clip it in two before adding the diode to it?

 

[tractorguy2]

Not sure I understand the question. if you are installing a diode to stop feedback to the coil. you need to cut the wire into then
solder the diode in to reconnect the two ends. make sure you install the diode in the correct direction.

If this is a 10SI delco. You can buy a pigtail that all ready has the diode made in it.

 

[fubar2]

You understood it. That is the answer I was looking for. Thanks.

 

[Dalex]

The diode has a band on one end , it goes on the alt. side of the wire ....

 

[old]

You say BEND which means you bend the wire but did you maybe mean Band as in the white/sliver band a diode has. Yep spelling can be a pain

 

[souNdguy]

Remember, a wire in parallel with another component effectively takes that component out of the circuit!.

One use for this sort of thing is a low wattage lamp placed across a fuse, when the fuse blows, the lamp lights up if the circuit is still switched on..