battery light not coming on
I have a VN Calais and last week the battery light stopped coming on . Have changed the globe in dash.alternator starter moter.battery .just want to know if any one else has had this probem and can i fix it thanks
TURN MY HEADPHONES UP
what do you mean it's not coming on? when you first hit the ignition? or when driving? it's not meant to come on when driving, so your problem is already fixed
Very F____ funny yes i ment when you first turn the ignition on .go have a smarty heheheOriginally Posted by levymetal
what do you mean it's not coming on? when you first hit the ignition? or when driving? it's not meant to come on when driving, so your problem is already fixed
it was the brown wire from the altenator it was broken and thats why the light was not coming on so all fixed now .i hope this helps anyone that has the same problem...
Gave up on VL's
Sorry to bump an old thread, but I have the same problem and the brown wire is not broken. And the battery light (when the ignition is first turned on) was working before I changed the alternator which has a new regulator with new brushes on it.
Tested with a multimeter and only getting 12.3 on idle.
Could the new regulator cause this problem or is there something else I should check?
on holiday
turn the key to reds and check that the brown and the white and the big red wire all show 12v
I tune the oldschool way fear on the passengers face and knuckle colour cant go wrong
tabbacco is still my favorite vegetable
Gave up on VL's
Cheers for info
The main has 12 volts. But there is no 12v on the brown or white I am confused at this point... I was hoping it was not the regulator.
on holiday
did you have the regulator plug not plugged in do it without it plugged in.if there is still no power on the white wire there is a fusable link by the battery for it trace the wire there is a slightly fatter flexiable wire it plugs into at the battery about 70mm long.the brown goes to the battery light
I tune the oldschool way fear on the passengers face and knuckle colour cant go wrong
tabbacco is still my favorite vegetable
Gave up on VL's
Thanks. Will check all that today. At least that way I do not have to put the old regulator back on
Gave up on VL's
Ok there is 12v on the white and the brown, so without a doubt the new regulator is a dud....
on holiday
yeah reg or the actual windings in the alternator itself
I tune the oldschool way fear on the passengers face and knuckle colour cant go wrong
tabbacco is still my favorite vegetable
Gave up on VL's
Yes that’s true... I doubt two alternators would have bad windings... Getting a new Bosh regulator this Thursday.
Could bad windings cause the regulator to break? The one I brought from the wreckers was returned because of a faulty regulator and they put another one in it while I was there.
on holiday
ive swapped regs on lots of them before and no better the windings are prone to dieing as well
I tune the oldschool way fear on the passengers face and knuckle colour cant go wrong
tabbacco is still my favorite vegetable
on holiday
mine actually has a stone damned between the reg and the fuel rail to make the brushes touch at the moment after the charge light came on LOL
I tune the oldschool way fear on the passengers face and knuckle colour cant go wrong
tabbacco is still my favorite vegetable
Gave up on VL's
Ok windings are fine... Put another regulator in and all is good if not better than it was before.
Getting 14.10v at the battery
Last edited by James39; 20-05-2010 at 03:48 PM.
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