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RE: Re: [No HA content] Car "alternator warning light"
- To: ukha_d <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
- Subject: RE: Re: [No HA content] Car "alternator
warning light"
- From: Keith Doxey <keith.doxey@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 14:20:26 -0000
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Hi Chris
What you say it true. On some vehicles this could be the case however I
have
seen several car wiring diagrams where there was a resistor in parallel
with
the bulb so that a bulb failure would not cause the alternator to not
charge.
Keith
> An interesting asside, I have heard that if the warning light bulb
> fails open circuit, when you first start the engine, unless ther is
> sufficient residual magnetic field in the rotor, no output is
> generated and the alternator appears dead! New alternator for £££
> when a pew p bulb is all that is required. ( This may have changed
> with modern alternators. )
>
> Hope that hasn't confused everyone, including myself!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris Williams
>
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