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[SOBill at aol.com]

The easy way to get the GEN light out is unplug the connector on  the OEM 
voltage regulator. Since you will have an ammeter, you can see if the  battery is 
charging.
 
If you want the GEN light to work, you will need to go the  connector/pigtail 
route.
 
Have fun.
 
SOBill  Taylor
sobill at aol.com  

 
In a message dated 3/26/2008 11:25:30 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  Woehlrwrld 
writes:

Guys,
I think I understand what you are saying. I just talked to the alternator  
guy and he says that it would take him a few minutes to switch the relays on  
the new alternator so that a pigtail for the gen light can be connected. But  
his warning was that if I connect those and the generator light goes out, the  
alternator will not work since the regulator is now part of the package. I  
have no problem with the gen light being out which is much better than being  on 
contiguously. Not sure which way to go. Any suggestions before I close the  
hatch?
 
cheers,
Markus
 
 
In a message dated 3/26/2008 10:26:26 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, SOBill  
writes:

Check out 
_http://www.panteraplace.com/Electrical/BATTERY%20CHARGING%20SYSTEM%20(PAGE%201).pdf_ 
(http://www.panteraplace.com/Electrical/BATTERY%20CHARGING%20SYSTEM%20(PAGE%201).pdf) .  The diagram is shown with the key on and the 
engine not running. Power comes  thru the key, through the GEN light, thru Relay 
1, thru the alternator field  coil to ground. The GEN light will be on and the 
field coil will be  energized so battery charging charging can begin.
 
If all the connections between the regulator and the  alternator are open, it 
is possible that the GEN light could be on due to  current thrugh the bottom 
resistor just to the left of Relay 1 on the  diagram.
 
If the GEN is on, and you don't want it on, and you don't want  to fuss with 
connectors/pigtails, just pull the connector off the OEM  voltage regulator.
 
Have fun,
 
SOBill  Taylor
sobill at aol.com  

 
In a message dated 3/26/2008 10:11:50 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  MikeLDrew 
writes:


In a  message dated 3/26/08 10 06 11, SOBill at aol.com writes:





Since the wiring from the OEM voltage regulator  to  the OEM alternator is not
connected to the one wire new  alternator,  there is no ground path for the
GEN light to  illuminate.




Interesting.  My distinct rememberance  from Dennis Quella's one-wire 
alternator instructions is that the bulb  must be removed from the GEN light when you 
install it, or the light will  remain lit all the time.

With my almost complete ignorance of  electricity, I thought that when the 
key was on and the engine not  running, current flowed in one direction and 
illuminated the light, but  when the engine was started and the alternator started 
charging,  *something* changed and the light was extinguished.  That's how it 
 alerts you to failure--when the alternator conks out with the key on, the  
light comes on.

Mike


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