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PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 12:39 am    Post subject: Lazy Battery Light Fix for Vanagon Reply with quote

Anyone know what's inside this kit from Gowesty?
It looks like a big resistor?
How does it work?



https://www.gowesty.com/product/-/24031/alternator-charge-initiation-kit?v=
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 6:17 am    Post subject: Re: Lazy Battery Light Fix for Vanagon Reply with quote

Looks like a fix for something that's not really a problem.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 6:29 am    Post subject: Re: Lazy Battery Light Fix for Vanagon Reply with quote

I thought it was a capacitor kit.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 1:38 am    Post subject: Re: Lazy Battery Light Fix for Vanagon Reply with quote

I think it's a resistor in parallel with the red led on the dash?

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 4:46 am    Post subject: Re: Lazy Battery Light Fix for Vanagon Reply with quote

That is the right idea but it is installed in the engine compartment wiring box where there is a stock black wire from circuit 15 and a stock small blue wire to the alternator field winding connector.

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 3:43 pm    Post subject: Re: Lazy Battery Light Fix for Vanagon Reply with quote

crazyvwvanman wrote:
That is the right idea but it is installed in the engine compartment wiring box where there is a stock black wire from circuit 15 and a stock small blue wire to the alternator field winding connector.

Mark
In that schematic, it appears to show a resistor from the factory already in the cluster , parallel with the excite/ warning bulb circuit.
How does putting another resistor all the way back in the engine compartment wiring help with the charging delay of start up idle speed, where you need to speed up the engine with that blip of throttle to get the Alternator working. Confused Confused
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 4:42 pm    Post subject: Re: Lazy Battery Light Fix for Vanagon Reply with quote

Different versions of the instrument cluster blue foil provide different amounts of excitation current. Later versions provide more, 87+ I think.

I'm not endorsing the use of the GW device, just helping explain it.

As GW mentions in their product description there are reasons why some vans are slower than others to turn off the alternator warning light after starting the engine. I'd prefer to fix the real issue if there is one on a given van.

GoWesty aux battery relay kits are sometimes hooked up such that they add a large load to the alternator blue wire circuit so I consider this device to be something to help them with another of their products that I don't think highly of.

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 6:18 am    Post subject: Re: Lazy Battery Light Fix for Vanagon Reply with quote

How does this work on modern cars, as they don't need to rew the engine to make it charge?
The alternator have still the same working way.
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