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Lenny D. wrote:

bkbimmer wrote:Thanks guys, I still have not found the issue, I am thinking of taking it to an electrical shop to get it fixed, because if it keeps it up I will end up smashing the car into pieces

Are you sure the bulb hasn't burned out? Just sayin'...'cause it has to be there (and work) for happy electrons (and drivers)!

I'm positive.

bkbimmer wrote:

Lenny D. wrote:

bkbimmer wrote:Thanks guys, I still have not found the issue, I am thinking of taking it to an electrical shop to get it fixed, because if it keeps it up I will end up smashing the car into pieces

Are you sure the bulb hasn't burned out? Just sayin'...'cause it has to be there (and work) for happy electrons (and drivers)!

I'm positive.

...and seated good?

Just askin'.

I just read this string and thought this may be of some help, even if only a little.

I have a 1973 R75/5 BMW motorcycle that also uses the same sort of charging light. At low rpms, the light is on and charging is not taking place. As the rpms go up, the light is supposed to turn off. If the light bulb burns out, the charging system no longer works. Some people with this system have added a resistor to the bulb socket to make sure that the system always works.

On my motorcycle, I have had the charging lamp slightly glow on a few occasions. The fix has always been the same. My bike has a diode board on it. Some of the diode solder connections seem to come loose. I simply resolder them and all is well.

I am new to the world of E12 (2 weeks), so have yet to learn about the car's charging system. But, I wonder if it is similar to my bike.

In the case of my newly acquired car, someone added a jumper wire in the engine compartment, bypassing the generator light. That light is not working currently. I am guessing that the bulb was out and the bonehead working on the car did not know that it was needed for the charging system to work. I plan to fix it shortly, but this is lower on my list priority list of repairs.