Originally Posted by
jon@work
does the alternator/charging light on the dash work ?
Jon, The car is pretty much completly striped interior wise, so no original dash lights so i have no idea
Originally Posted by
martysmartie
Common problem, as said you also will find you have no battery warning light on the dash, theres a thin blue wire on the back of the alternator this brakes away from the connector. Usually when you turn ignition a +12V feed is sent to this terminal this in turn excites the field windings which starts the charge process, when the engine is running the terminal changes from being a ground to +12V hence extingushing the light. If you rev to 4000 this is enough to start the charge process.
Martin
If i put a live to that terminal, will it start to charge, or have i grasped the wrong end of the stick
Cheers for the help guys