greg1.4
01-11-10, 05:40 PM
About 6 months ago i bought a 52plate combo van, when i bought it, it had just had a new alternator fitted..
For a past few weeks now, the battery light has been coming on and off, the lights have been dimming etc..
then on saturday i went to work on my nova sport, came out of garage and got into van and the van turned over but didnt fire.. the battery went flat.
I automaticly thought it would be alternator, put a brand new alternator on and it wouldnt charge. Light still on!
Put a new battery in it, no different again.
Now, the alternator that is fitted to the van has a big main connector for the power and it has a 2 pin plug aswell..
On my wiring loom there is no 2 pin plug, just a single blue/white (iirc) with a spade terminal on the end. This was plugged into the top one of two terminals on alternator, i swapped thw wire onto the bottom of the two terminals and this caused it to charge! battery light off, perfect..
Tidied tools up, went and had a shower, went into town for food and on the way home the light came on and lights got dimmer and dimmer then all my ignition lights came on and i had no power steering..
Took it to a garage and they said it was a dodgy alternator (seemed strange to me how it had already had 2 in the last 6 months) but anyway, i told them to shove another alternator on.
This is charging to 14.3 volts but it will not put the battery light out???
For a past few weeks now, the battery light has been coming on and off, the lights have been dimming etc..
then on saturday i went to work on my nova sport, came out of garage and got into van and the van turned over but didnt fire.. the battery went flat.
I automaticly thought it would be alternator, put a brand new alternator on and it wouldnt charge. Light still on!
Put a new battery in it, no different again.
Now, the alternator that is fitted to the van has a big main connector for the power and it has a 2 pin plug aswell..
On my wiring loom there is no 2 pin plug, just a single blue/white (iirc) with a spade terminal on the end. This was plugged into the top one of two terminals on alternator, i swapped thw wire onto the bottom of the two terminals and this caused it to charge! battery light off, perfect..
Tidied tools up, went and had a shower, went into town for food and on the way home the light came on and lights got dimmer and dimmer then all my ignition lights came on and i had no power steering..
Took it to a garage and they said it was a dodgy alternator (seemed strange to me how it had already had 2 in the last 6 months) but anyway, i told them to shove another alternator on.
This is charging to 14.3 volts but it will not put the battery light out???