as above, checked the battery today it read 13.74 with engine on, engine off was 12 something, any ideas? my fusses look ok, and connecters on altenator are solid.

Thanks

 

ask orion crazy carl, sure its something to do with the ignition switch

 

check you havent got a break in the small blue wire

 

Change the alternator loom, common fault

 

i changed the loom and all, and it still done it!turned out to be the big red wire in the plug near the barrel, wasnt making a good connection

 

The light needs a live and a earth to light up, the live on one side of the bulb is supplied when you turn the ignition on, the earthy comes from the alternator IND connector, the thin blue wire, when the engine turns and the alternator starts charging this IND terminal also changes from negative to positive putting the charge light out as two positives don't make a bulb work(no circuit).
It is entirely possible and has happened millions of times the alternator charges perfectly but the IND remains negative, just unplug blue wire and see what happens, if so a duff rectifier/regulator part on alternator, which you can either live with or not.
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