Hi David,

I think you're right, resistance is 760ohm instead of 160, so that resistor
may gone. I'll have to pull it apart and trace the foil to find the right
one and check it. Thanks for the tip.

On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 5:16 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> At 07:43 PM 7/9/2011, Shawn Wright wrote:
>
>> I started the van with the fridge relay blue wire off, but still no charge
>> from alternator. Tach off W terminal is at zero until RPMs over 2000, then
>> it jumps up and appears accurate. Guess I'll study the fridge relay
>> diagrams
>> to see what's up there.
>>
>
> I think you have a panel problem, or possibly a panel connector problem.
> Start the engine and briefly jumper B+ to D+, see if it doesn't start
> charging.
>
> Look at the panel.  There's a resistor (the fat one) in parallel with the
> LED/resistor combination.  If that resistor isn't in circuit, there won't be
> enough drive and you'll experience the symptoms you've been getting.   The
> tipoff here is the light going on from the fridge relay.
>
> Yours,
> David
>

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Shawn Wright