The wire for the alternator field energizes the relay coil. The relay
contacts connect the fridge circuit to the battery after the alternator
"kicks in".

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Jim Arnott
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 6:21 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Alt idiot light on

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