Battery Light ON when Braking
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can you post the p/n of the gauge or wiring diagram? also how you hooked it up.
yes, you can have vac readings correct even with a short to ground. remember, you are testing open so there is no load on the stator and if the short is minor, voltage might not drop enough. you could have a short between winding layers which effectively drops out put. since ac current is down, so will be dc from the regulator.
the battery light is a balance between in and out. as long as dc is high enough, the light can not ground through the system, a ground does not necessarily mean positive to negative, it can happen between two positive voltages ( or negative ) , one just being of lesser value. as the dc drops, then the light can turn on since power can flow through the light.
yes, you can have vac readings correct even with a short to ground. remember, you are testing open so there is no load on the stator and if the short is minor, voltage might not drop enough. you could have a short between winding layers which effectively drops out put. since ac current is down, so will be dc from the regulator.
the battery light is a balance between in and out. as long as dc is high enough, the light can not ground through the system, a ground does not necessarily mean positive to negative, it can happen between two positive voltages ( or negative ) , one just being of lesser value. as the dc drops, then the light can turn on since power can flow through the light.
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