| Author |
Message |
gunner2830
Samba Member
Joined: February 06, 2009
Posts: 33
Location: texas
|
 Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:57 pm Post subject: Idiot light not turning on |
 |
|
| If I cannot even get the idiot light to turn on..... any suggestions (besides wiring which was tested or the light itself which was also tested)? Burned up alternator? |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Jeckler
Samba Member
Joined: September 27, 2005
Posts: 2718
Location: Mesa, AZ
|
| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:04 pm Post subject: |
|
|
How was the wiring and bulb tested?
_________________
Andy
'63 Bug rebuild here.
Did you know that sellers can't charge a fee to accept PayPal?
| bill may wrote: |
| I am the crabby old guy. |
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is knowing not to put it in fruit salad. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
gunner2830
Samba Member
Joined: February 06, 2009
Posts: 33
Location: texas
|
| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:06 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| I disconnected the supply wire and connected it to the choke and the light turned on...... is this wrong? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
gunner2830
Samba Member
Joined: February 06, 2009
Posts: 33
Location: texas
|
| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:08 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| by supply wire i mean the wire coming from the idiot light |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Jeckler
Samba Member
Joined: September 27, 2005
Posts: 2718
Location: Mesa, AZ
|
| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:08 pm Post subject: |
|
|
At the alternator? Yes.
Remove the wire from the alt and touch it to ground. It should turn on. If it turned on when you touched it to the choke wire, another 12v source, it sounds like you have it wired incorrectly behind the dash. The center lug under the turn signal indicator goes to a 12v source, not ground. It feeds the oil, alt/gen and turn signal lights.
_________________
Andy
'63 Bug rebuild here.
Did you know that sellers can't charge a fee to accept PayPal?
| bill may wrote: |
| I am the crabby old guy. |
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is knowing not to put it in fruit salad. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
gunner2830
Samba Member
Joined: February 06, 2009
Posts: 33
Location: texas
|
| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:11 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| the issue with that is that it's a rail.... so I wired it (my first mistake),.... I have the wire coming from the fuse box to the idiot light then connected to the alternator..... also it came on when i connected it to the choke, without the choke wire on.... if that makes sense |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Jeckler
Samba Member
Joined: September 27, 2005
Posts: 2718
Location: Mesa, AZ
|
| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:18 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Ok, it made its ground path through the choke element then. It should be fine. If it won't come on when connected to the alt and the key is turned on, then I'd say the alt is having issues. I'm not sure if the regulators are replaceable or not though.
_________________
Andy
'63 Bug rebuild here.
Did you know that sellers can't charge a fee to accept PayPal?
| bill may wrote: |
| I am the crabby old guy. |
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is knowing not to put it in fruit salad. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
gunner2830
Samba Member
Joined: February 06, 2009
Posts: 33
Location: texas
|
| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:21 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| okay thanks jeckel! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
pafree
Samba Member
Joined: August 16, 2005
Posts: 2298
Location: dayton, the one in texas
|
| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:04 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| gunner2830 wrote: |
| from the fuse box to the idiot light then connected to the alternator..... |
where did you hook it on the alternator? it should be the spade connection or D+. the wire feeding the choke should be a good 12 volt source.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
gunner2830
Samba Member
Joined: February 06, 2009
Posts: 33
Location: texas
|
| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:07 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| I had it run straight off of the choke wire and was getting nothing so I'm starting to think its the alternator |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Randy in Maine
Samba Member
Joined: August 03, 2003
Posts: 34890
Location: The Beach
|
| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 4:21 pm Post subject: |
|
|
keep in mind the alternator light has to work to get the alternator to charge.
check the fuse in the fuse box. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
