tombardier
Well-Known Member
sounds like a good alternator!
ok, so nothing to worry about?
ok, so the wire going from the warning light to the alternator is the `exciter` wire, but gthat doesnt say if the light should be on or off if the wire is disconnected?
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erm... im not sure. My thinking is that the wire provides a voltage to the warning light, but if the alternator is on its last legs the warning light goes on as the voltage in the wire decreases due to a lack of voltage from the alternator?
therefore by disconnecting the wire i am essentially giving zero current and so the light should come on?
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it breaks the cicuit, so if the light is not coming on after engine start my alternator must be working?Is there any way to test the wire is providing a current to the light? Multimeter between wire and?
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