Hello:

I have a Cadillac with an alternator that is producing an output
voltage that wanders all over the place.  I posted this problem not
too long ago, and someone advised me to check my grounding at several
nodes, which I have done.  The problem still remains, so I am looking
at the possibility that the computer is controlling the voltage,
though I do not have a shop manual to verify this (the paper that came
with the new alternator said that on some models, the computer has
some say in the output terminal voltage.  

On the field connector, there are three wires, a heavy guage red wire
(the field current coming in to the alternator, I think, and two other
wires, one that has 12 volts on it, and the other which appears to
have ground potential.  My questiion at this point it, can I just
bypass the computer and jumper the field wire directly to the battery
+ terminal?  Can I also jumper the two smaller guage wires to 12+ and
12- respectively?  I don't want to blow up the alternator.

Thanks!

Steven