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Silly dash board light question.
Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 12:57 pm
by ihatesissycars
I feel like a plonker but i need to ask, the warning light on the right (not the handbrake one) what is it? Mine doesn't work and i'm fairly sure its a charging light but can't remember. If it is a charging light then i'm wondering if it has anything to do with a drain i have which only goes when i isconnect one of the alternator wires. . . . .
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 12:57 pm
by mfw898y
It was suggested to me that it could be something to do with a diode(s) that are in the alternator and/or regulator when i had a similar problem with battery drain. It is the charge light you are refering to.
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 3:53 pm
by r2d2hp
It is the charging light and when the ignition is turned on it feeds 12v to the alternator.
If the bulb is broken then it will not feed a trigger voltage to the alternator which means the alternator will never produce an output.
Check that the lamp is getting 12V from the ign switch and that is being fed to the field wiring on the alternator
Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 1:54 pm
by ihatesissycars
Ah!
Could this cause a .36a drain do you reckon?
I've been chasing this drain for ages and it only goes when i disconnect on of the charge wires from the alternator.
Thanks again!