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Alternator charge light on

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:05 am
by MartinMille BANNED
What is the most common cause for the Alternator charge light to stay on ?

Cheers

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:23 am
by nottonight68
is this a trivia question?

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:29 am
by nottonight68
early ss had gen(erator)which stayed on all the time

Re: Alternator charge light on

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:44 am
by Craig in France
Martin Mille / SSD wrote:What is the most common cause for the Alternator charge light to stay on ?

Cheers
We're tallking SSD here, yeh? In which case, immediate thoughts are:

1. Regulator not working
2. Voltmeter not working
3. Alternator not working

Stick a voltmeter across the battery and tell us what happens when you throttle up ...

HTH

Craig

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:50 am
by MartinMille BANNED
I will have a better look tomorrow at it all the parts needed are no problems I have spares for all but first things first get the coil pick-up wiring fixed and go from there

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:27 am
by machten
Just to add the obvious to Craig's list:

The battery's stuffed. I'd suggest you don't even bother starting a diagnosis until you've eliminated that.