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Subject:Re: Alt idiot light on
From:Jim Arnott
Date:Thu, 25 Jul 2002 15:20:45 -0700

I guess that I'm a bit fuzzy on this...

Does not:

The 12v through the idiot LED energize the field of the alt?
Wiring is stone simple... two large terminals direct to battery +, one
small terminal to LED.  If the current from the LED has to go through an
open relay to get to the alt, how would the field ever get power?

Jim

David Beierl wrote:
> At 10:56 PM 7/24/2002, Dennis Haynes wrote:
>
>> If you have a camper, the refrigerator relay will also turn the light on
>> with the alternator disconnected. The alternator has to actually be
>> charging for the relay to energize the refrigerator.
>>
>> Dennis