<div dir="auto">Short answer: The car total electric load exceeds the capacity of the generator. The light comes on when the deficit is being made up from the battery. <div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, May 25, 2019, 08:11 Perry via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_-1316481709360941036WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Patrick</p><p class="MsoNormal">The ignition (no charge) warning light does not have a ground like most lights on our Austin Healey or Healey’s but ground through the “D” connector on the dynamo when no charge is being produced (engine not running, ignition on, warning light on). When the appropriate charge is being made by the dynamo it negates the power feeding the other side of the no charge warning light and the light goes out. Kind of counterintuitive. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Perry</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:p_cquinn@tpg.com.au" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Patrick & Caroline Quinn</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Saturday, May 25, 2019 3:17 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[Healeys] Ignition Circuit</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hello<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Seeking advice from those who understand automotive electrics.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">My real Healey has an electric fan in front of the radiator that was controlled by a thermo switch. Worked reasonably well, but drew quite a bit of power but nothing concerning. When on, the amp gauge needle would always hover in the negative. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Personally I don’t like thermo switches, so the fan has now been wired direct and operated by a discreet switch under the dash. Power is taken directly from the outgoing side of the ignition switch so that the fan only comes on when the ignition is on along with the specific switch.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Works well, but now when the fan goes on the ignition light is illuminated and will not go out.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Does that mean that the ignition circuit doesn’t like what I have done? I am thinking of taking the power direct from the incoming side of the ignition switch so that the fan is powered direct from the battery. Would that work?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Any electrical whizzes out there?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thanks<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Patrick Quinn<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Blue Mountains, Australia <u></u><u></u></span></p><div id="m_-1316481709360941036DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><table class="m_-1316481709360941036MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellpadding="0" style="border:none;border-top:solid #d3d4de 1.0pt"><tr><td width="55" style="width:41.25pt;border:none;padding:9.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="46" height="29" style="width:.4791in;height:.302in" id="m_-1316481709360941036_x0000_i1025" src="https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif" alt="https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif"></span></a><u></u><u></u></p></td><td width="470" style="width:352.5pt;border:none;padding:9.0pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#41424e">Virus-free. <a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:#4453ea">www.avast.com</span></a> <u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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