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If you have a one wire alternator, the wire runs from the alternator to the starter, where the positive battery cable is hooked up.

You do not need the voltage regulator (the black box)that the generator was hooked up to, alternators are internally regulated.

Most alternators are three wires- They have one wire on the back and two spade terminals in the side. If you have a 3-wire alternator there are tons of discussions on how to hook it up on this site, try the search function with the term 'alternator'

Basically the terminal on the rear of the alternator goes to the starter, one spade terminal is hooked to the terminal on the back of the alternator and the other spade terminal is hooked to the ignition switch after running it through a diode.