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Re: [T3] Glowing Generator Light


On 27 May 99, at 8:51, Nathan Jacobsen wrote:
 
> Try checking to see that your instrument cluster is properly grounded. Run a
> temporary wire from the cluster, straight back to the battery, generator
> body, or voltage regulator ground. Poor grounding is a common source of
> hard-to-solve automotive electrical problems.

It is true that poor grounding can cause all kinds of problems, 
especially in the instruments, but in this case it is not the cause. 
This is because neither end of the gen bulb is connected to ground; 
both ends are actually connected to different sources of 12 V, so if 
both sources are working the bulb will not light.

Jim
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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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