<VV> Idiot lights.

[William Hubbell]

That’s how the Gen-Fan light is supposed to be.  Look at the circuit - when the ignition is on and the car is not running, one side of the bulb gets 12v from the ignition circuit and the other side is connected to the generator output.  So long as the generator is putting out 12v there is no current flow through the bulb so it is not lit.  If the generator stops charging (belt breaks) that lead grounds tans the bulb lights up. 

Bill Hubbell

On Jun 27, 2021, at 3:10 PM, Simoff via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

I pulled the das to fix the idiot lights.  Replaced the bulbs and the switches. The temp pressure light comes on but the gen fan light does not. I put the tester in the bulb socket (which has the hot wire on the side and the ground on the bottom) only to find that both wires (pink and brown/white) were hot.  The brown/white is supposed to be a ground. What gives?





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