RE: electrical mystery

[Chris Coracini <Coracin@usdl.com>]

hmmm...  that may be true.  i remember my ex's bmw 2002 wasn't charging.  i
got a new alternator and regulator.  still not charging.  then on a whim i
decided to check the little battery light on the dash.  it was burnt out.  i
put a new bulb in and everything worked.  ???  of course this car was a '75,
but maybe sciroccos are wired like this too?  i know that if the little wire
on the alt is disconnected, the batt. light on the dash won't turn on, and
it won't charge either.  so maybe disconnecting the dash also breaks that
same circuit.  

chris
86 16V scirocco

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Chris Gonzalez [SMTP:chris@hamcr.com]
> Sent:	Friday, February 26, 1999 1:31 PM
> To:	scirocco list
> Subject:	electrical mystery 
> 
> I know Scirocco's are known for their bullet proof, military spec
> electrical systems (as if)
> 
> BUT
> 
> Can some elecro-wiz tell me if the main speedo/tach cluster controls the
> voltage regulator/alternator. I swear that when I disconnect the
> harnesses, my car will eventually die, and the battery will be totally
> drained; as if the disengaging the cluster causes the voltage regulator to
> turn off the alternator, causing the car to run off the battery until it's
> dead. 
> 
> Or has 13 years of driving my Scirocco finally caused me to go mad???
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chris Gonzalez
> 
> '82 "DADADA"
> 

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