>you can of course also use the
>alternator warning light for registering engine hours
Frans - thanks for yet another way to skin a cat! I had been looking
at the wiring diagram and wondering why the wires to the alternator
warning light were not protected by a fuse, but the penny didn't drop
that they could be put to other uses.
>I don't remember whether the warning light is switched to 12V or
>ground, am too lazy to look it up
One end of the warning lamp is connected to the C terminal of the
regulator (also commoned with R & +B) so that better be at 12V when
the donkey is running. The other side of the lamp goes to the L
terminal which presumably is normally floating, open circuit (or even
+12V?) but drops to 0V when things go pear-shaped.
The diagram calls out a 30A slo-blo fuse to protect the 12AWG wire
leaving the C, R, +B terminals. However, there is NO protection for
the 20AWG wire leaving the same spot and going through the firewall
to the alternator warning lamp. I presume the wire itself is intended
to provide the smoke if it gets chafed to ground at the firewall! I
think I will be fitting a fuse.
regards
Rowland
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