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Originally posted by jb1490:
Jan,

If it's been that way since you bought the car, then the charging system is keeping the battery charged.

Connect a volt meter to the battery and read the voltage. It should be ~12.4 volts. Start the car and read the voltage. It should be 14.2 to 14.6 volts.

The wire from the GEN light may have been disconnected during an alternator change or upgrade, and may be grounded somewhere in the car, probably in the engine bay.

John

Thanks for the tip. I was kinda thinking the same today and brought my volt meter with me to Cars & Coffee and popped the hood and it tested 13.95 at the battery when running. Plus to get into Cars & Coffee in the morning, you gots to go damn early, so I watched the dash lights when warming up the car in the driveway and noticed they got brighter as I revved the engine to wake the neighbors at 5:30...so I figured it is charging. I just noticed that light on my Group 4 also, so I will do the same and test it running.

4/16/1110:31 AM

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