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Was "Battery Light", Now... Did I waste $5 on Tony's moustache?!?

Subject: Was "Battery Light", Now... Did I waste $5 on Tony's moustache?!?
From: pb3vr6 at yahoo.com (Tonee Northam)
Date: Tue May 22 19:56:03 2007
In-reply-to: <6f0705ea0705221643m72848173oc7bb1199baac981c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Nope, he won the Smashmouth lead singer contest.

Chris Bennett <scirocco16vr32@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:  Did you win the friggin moustache contest or NOT?!? I sent my $5!!!

I supported!


On 5/16/07, Neptuno wrote:
>
> ......To the Church of the free electron? Payment in Beer possible....
>
> julie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: You know Bill, that after the first six
> months, we will require you to do a written exam on the subject of flawed
> wiring in 20 YO cars. There is a $50.00 charge for the test and can be made
> payable to....
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: William Yeckel (Lexmark International) [mailto:
> b-wiyeck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> >Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 02:02 PM
> >To: 'Cory Langford'
> >Cc: scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: RE: Battery Light question
> >
> >First off Cory thanks for all the info, this list and all the helpful
> people on it totally rock! So to run a new wire can I just run down to the
> nearest Schucks and pick up the length of wire I need? Or is there a type
> of, or brand of wire I should be using?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >-Bill
> >
> >________________________________
> >From: Cory Langford [mailto:Cory_Langford@xxxxxxx]
> >Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 10:44 AM
> >To: William Yeckel (Lexmark International)
> >Cc: Neptuno; scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: RE: Battery Light question
> >
> >
> >I have found on many of the mk1's I have owned the actual exciter wire
> (from the light through the harness to the alt) get old and corroded in many
> spots along the way. This ends up increasing the resistance of the wire and
> the whole system then starts to have weird issues.
> >
> >>From what I remember when I had this problem quite some time ago:
> >
> >What is supposed to happen, is when the car is started up the alt has to
> be energized, to do this the +12V runs through the light and then to the alt
> to supply the needed voltage to get it going. once the alt is running, the
> +12 (or more) volts that is applied from the alt end on the exciter wire
> leaves no ground and thus the light goes out.
> >
> >Unfortunately what actually ends up happening is that the wire actually
> increases in resistance until the +12v that is supposed to be at the alt is
> pulled down. (last one I had it was about 10v) (check by disconnecting the
> wire from the alt, turn the car on but not running and measure the voltage
> at the exciter wire - should be a strong +12). What then happens is the alt
> does not actually energize correctly and thus it needs to be rev'd to 2000+
> rpm so that the diode bridge inside can start supplying the needed voltage
> to the internals of the alt. Then the light goes out (unless it is a really
> bad wire and the drop is enough to have the light glow dimly like a ghost to
> haunt you...)
> >
> >Easiest solution is to run a new wire from the light to the alt. Cheap
> and easy fix.
> >
> >I am sure some more technical people on the list will chime in with a
> better explanation of the system :)
> >
> >Cory Langford
> >
> >
> >"William Yeckel (Lexmark International)" wrote on 16/05/2007 10:08:10 AM:
> >
> >> I will try to dig into the exciter wire possibility. Had the alt
> >> checked out by All Star electric, and they said it was good.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> -Bill
> >>
> >> ________________________________
> >> From: Neptuno [mailto:neptunonc@xxxxxxxxx]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 9:24 AM
> >> To: William Yeckel (Lexmark International); scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: Re: Battery Light question
> >>
> >> Hello Bill,
> >>
> >> Exciter wire disconected and the alternator is not arming itself to
> >> charge the battery. Try turning the car seeing if the light is on
> >> then reving it up to 2000 rpm....Does the battery light go off? Yes?
> >> then it maybe a brake on that wire or it maybe loose or corroded.
> >> And like always check all grounds.... Wnat about brushes on the
> >> regulator? Does anyone else know if that would do it?
> >>
> >> HTH,
> >> Tony
> >>
> >> "William Yeckel (Lexmark International)" wrote:
> >> Just got the 1980 s-pack back on the road again after doing some
> >> maintenance and trying to figure out an electrical issue which I
> >> though I narrowed down to a bad battery that has been replaced. All
> >> seems fine, car starts and runs fine. But there is a weird thing
> >> going on with the battery light where it will be on for about the
> >> first 10 minutes the car is running, then it goes off.
> >>
> >> Any ideas what might be going on here? Maybe some relay that does
> >> not kick in until it gets warm enough?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> -Bill
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