the alternator on my 96 hx seized up while the car sat for a few months. Bought a new used one from ebay "works excellent" seller had 100% feedback. it came w/o a pulley as described.
So I pulled my old one out, put the pulley on the new one, and then noticed that the douche sent me one with a round connector (92-95) not 96-00 like the auction said.

rather than mess with returns, I had an old chopped up OBD1 engine harness with the round plug, so I cut it off and made a conversion harness to go from my civic's OBD2 plug to the OBD1 alternator.
The wires are:
OBD1 .............. OBD2
Black/Yel.......... Black/Yel
White/Blue........ White/Blue
White/Yel.......... White/Green
Blue.................White/Red

So I plug it in, and hook up the main thick white wire too. Now my entire car dims constantly, dome light, cluster, headlights... if I drive on the road at night, it almost looks like I am flashing my headlights at people But the car seems to run fine.

I measured my 96 pulley with a 92-95 pulley to be sure my 96 wasn't bigger diameter, acting as an underdrive pulley... but both were 2.75" diameter.

Question, do the OBD2 alternators have different AMP rating than OBD1?
What else could cause this to happen?