At another time, Skye and I said:
>>According to what I've seen, the ign
>> switched accessories should be fed through the fuse box via the white
wires.
>
>Not exactly, ignition switched circuits are fed by white wires, but
>ignition switched AND fused circuits should be fed by green wires. Err,
>this may be what you just said, but it could be read a few ways.
Yup, that's what I tried to say, but was less than elegant in doing so.
>So, there should be brown going to the ign switch, white off the ign switch
>going to (a) ignition system coil, tach, etc and (b) the fuse block where
>it turns into green to feed things like the heater fan, wipers and turn
>signals.
Exactly. Except that in mine, instead of going directly to the fuse block,
it trips a relay which closes a circuit between the, uh, brown circuit, and
a white/brown wire which goes to the fuse block supply side. The load side
is in fact green, very dirty and covered in undercoating, but green
nonetheless.
>
>Although who knows, maybe the 77 is different. Sounds like you have the
>problem figured out, at any rate.
I think so... looks like the warning lamp indicates a voltage differential
between the ignition circuit and the alternator, so the voltage drop was
probably making it unhappy.
Happy Holidays!
Steve
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