[6pack] "IGN" light

[Henri Lefebvre]

Vance,

I presume that by 'Canooks' you meant Canuck (Wikipedia has a good
write-up on the expression).

Here in Canada we use mostly ALT, because of the predominance (???) of
vehicles manufactured in North America.

On the other hand our English language is a blend of British and US
English. Our written English is primarily British but our spoken
English is mostly North American, but with several specific
differences from the US spoken English. Our Canadian French follows
the rules of the Academie Francaise but several Canadian words,
expressions and pronunciations have been integrated into the Canadian
French over the last 400 years. We are grateful that Microsoft
provides a spellcheck for 'English Canada' and 'French Canada' to help
us make some sense of all this!

Given this background we adapt readily to the use of IGN or ALT,
depending which vehicle we drive at the moment.

Henri
Calgary, Alberta
1975 TR6
1971 MGB GT



On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Navarrette, Vance
<vance.navarrette at intel.com> wrote:
>        Jim:
>
> While it makes SOME sense (the ignition circuit is drawing
> current from the battery when it should not) I feel that the Yankee term
> "ALT" for alternator is quite a bit clearer, as it is an alternator
> fault that is preventing the battery from charging as it should. I don't
> know what the standard is in the rest of the English speaking world (any
> Canooks, Kiwis or Aussies out there?)
>
>
>        Vance
>
>    Vance Navarrette
>    Cogito Ergo Zoom
>    I think, therefore I go fast
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 6pack-bounces+vance.navarrette=intel.com at autox.team.net
> [mailto:6pack-bounces+vance.navarrette=intel.com at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Davis, James N
> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 6:29 AM
> To: Ed Bratt; 6pack at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [6pack] "IGN" light
>
> Ed,
>
> I guess I don't really see the "ignition" part of the equation.  Doesn't
> this
> light go on if there is a voltage imbalance between the alternator and
> the
> battery?  Maybe I am missing something. . .
>
> Thanks for the response.
>
> Jim Davis
> 1974 TR6
>
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