Charge light appears when car is turned off

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gaPhil
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Charge light appears when car is turned off

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I changed my alternator over today, and everything seems fine, except the charge light in the dash appears when the car is completely off. Once the car is running it's off and everything is fine....

Any ideas why this is happening?
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Re: Charge light appears when car is turned off

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For the light to be illuminated, it means there must be power going to it.
The first question this makes me ask is, have you hooked it up correctly?
Is the alternator the same as the one that came out of it?

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Re: Charge light appears when car is turned off

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Yep, I hooked it up to the wrong terminal :$

Seems fine now.

Cheers
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Sweet.
So you kept having the problem after Saturday (with low volts, non starting)?

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Re: Charge light appears when car is turned off

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Yeah it died 5 am mon morning on the way to work! All sorted now... I hope!
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gaPhil wrote:Yeah it died 5 am mon morning on the way to work!
So cars get Monday-ietis as well then :lol:
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