low volts, not charging '90 200 (Nick Lawrence) quattro Digest, Vol 71, Issue 52

[Huw Powell]

Nick Lawrence wrote:
> The battery light I saw was in the diagnostic screen (the OK screen).
> 
>  I compared to my other Audis, and I don't have a battery light that comes 
> on with the ignition.  From past posts, word is that this bulb is necessary 
> for charge to occur.
> 
> The alternator is only a month old but we all know anything can fail.
> 
> I can measure the same volts at the battery and the charging post, but I 
> will look again for the splice.

Everything but the battery is on the "happy" side of that splice - so 
when the car is running, if the alt is doing its job, you should see 
that awesome Bosch "let's not burn out the headlights" 12.7-13.2 volts.

The splice, when bad, only interferes with charging the battery (and 
using the battery to run the hurricane fan, I guess?).

I had to suppress signing this with four tildes... it's that bad...

-- 
Huw Powell

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