Hey Ross,
After just going through this process. Highly recommend taking to an autoelect for:
1. Test (some will do for free)
2. rebuild (Will be about $200)
Don't waste your time like I did with my one
Cheers,
Trent
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| Author: | RJB510 [ Mon Aug 25, 2014 11:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Charge Light issue SR20 |
Hi Guy's, I'm pulling my car apart again to fix the little creatures that hide in your wiring. My charge light has never turned off. I am mostly positive that I had it connected properly. But for some reason the alternator was only putting out 6.4v on the charge line. It was charging my battery at nearly 14v. Is there any way to tell if it is stuffed? Is there a suitable replacement alternator that I could use from the wreckers? I'm planning on tidying up the wiring on my car and adding more relays and fuses and doing away with the 40+ year old wiring loom as best I can. Any help is much appreciated. Cheers |
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| Author: | hailest [ Tue Aug 26, 2014 7:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Charge Light issue SR20 |
Hey Ross, After just going through this process. Highly recommend taking to an autoelect for: 1. Test (some will do for free) 2. rebuild (Will be about $200) Don't waste your time like I did with my one Cheers, Trent |
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| Author: | RJB510 [ Tue Aug 26, 2014 8:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Charge Light issue SR20 |
see, for $200 and its still charging I'll just disconnect the light and use the gauge. unless there is a direct replacement I can just jam into it! |
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| Author: | Nissanman [ Tue Aug 26, 2014 9:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Charge Light issue SR20 |
Typical Charging circuit for an SR20: - Attachment: S15 charging circuit.jpg [ 103.8 KiB | Viewed 6205 times ] Attachment: S15 charging trouble diagnosis.jpg [ 235.17 KiB | Viewed 6205 times ] |
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| Author: | RJB510 [ Thu Aug 28, 2014 6:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Charge Light issue SR20 |
Thanks Graeme. Now that the car is in bits it might be a bit easier to trouble shoot the issue. Those Doco's are certainly helpful. What other wiring diagrams have you got for 1600's and SR20's? I'm after one in particular for the Digital Climate control for an S13 SR. There are a few redundant wires I need to have a look at, all the other ones were in Japanese! I have a 1600 diagram, i'm planning on rewiring the dash wiring and getting rid of the old fuse box. So i might have to see what I can do about getting a different 1600 wiring diagram to rewire that to make sure that all appropriate parts have power when necessary! Doesn't seem too hard of a job though. |
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| Author: | Nissanman [ Thu Aug 28, 2014 7:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Charge Light issue SR20 |
I have the wiring schematics for all P510 models. https://www.mediafire.com/folder/t0932s ... g_Diagrams I also have the FSMs for the S13, 14 and 15 models all digital. https://www.mediafire.com/folder/52sxrychy59lz/ |
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| Author: | RJB510 [ Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Charge Light issue SR20 |
Hey guy's, i'm digging this up again. I need to know if anyone know's how to wire up a LED alternator light in lieu of the incandescent bulb. I feel after some internet reading that this is causing my issue. Everything is hooked up as per spec, but for some reason I can't seem to drop the wattage of the charge light down low enough for the alternator to cut off the power. Does anyone know how to do this and can provide a wiring diagram? Its a generic 10mm red LED. Thanks |
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| Author: | Imago [ Fri Mar 20, 2015 8:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Charge Light issue SR20 |
Looking at one of the diagrams Nissanman posted prior - the charge warning lamp is also in parallel with a resistor. Work out the wattage of your LED and also work out how much resistance you will need to make roughly about 2W in total for it function like an incandescent would. Personally I don't think that its the type of lamp causing the issue, alternator circuits are quite simple with internally regulated alternators now. Providing your battery sense is correct, your circuit to your ignition switch is correct and the charge can go straight to the positive terminal (or similar) it should all function sweet. Alternatively (excuse the pun), you could try and eliminate wiring or component by trying another alternator. Best of luck. |
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| Author: | RJB510 [ Fri Mar 20, 2015 9:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Charge Light issue SR20 |
yeah, I was hoping someone could just tell me the values of the resisters needed. I know they have a resister, that's also for circuit protection for the alternator incase the bulb blows. Here's the thing... LED's are a lower wattage globe than incandescent globes. Mine is a red Narva chrome pilot light. 14.2mm bezel, 12v. according to the specs, it has a current draw of 0.02amps at 12 volts, which means (v=ir) the wattage is 0.24 watts. The resistance is 600ohms. That's quite a bit less than the original. Maybe I need to bump up the resistance further. Hence why I want someone with more circuit skill to see if that's my issue. Thanks! |
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| Author: | Imago [ Fri Mar 20, 2015 12:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Charge Light issue SR20 |
Probably want something around the 80 ohm mark. |
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| Author: | hailest [ Fri Mar 20, 2015 8:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Charge Light issue SR20 |
Hey Ross, Dont bother with the LED unless you want some bling, there is another issue going on there. I'd take it down to your local autoelec for a quick test. Takes 5 mins and you will know how it's working. Sounds like it might be a regulator issue. Cheers, Trent |
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| Author: | unlimitedpower [ Thu Mar 26, 2015 5:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Charge Light issue SR20 |
You can not use an LED for the charge light on an alternator won't work ever. Needs a resistance to work. There is a light wire and a sence wire on all SR20 alternators ive delt with, The sense wire is to go direct to a constant power source, Or ignition source,. The light wire is to run to a bulb. 5W at least, The other side of the bulb run to a power source, Then your done. If that does not work take your alternator to a auto sparky as its broken. |
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| Author: | Baz [ Fri Mar 27, 2015 8:32 am ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Charge Light issue SR20 | ||
I have used this circuit with good results. The alternator sense needs to be switched from an ign on source. Failure to do this will result in a flat battery. If the vehicle is not used regularly. A 100ohm 1/4 watt resistor across the warning lamp is required.
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| Author: | RJB510 [ Fri Mar 27, 2015 4:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Charge Light issue SR20 |
Led can be done, I've seen it. just have to get the voltages right. I'll have a play with resistances soon, I have all values. My sense wire is hooked up to ign circuit from a relay. Ido get a very slow battery drain that I haven't been able to source yet! thanks for that schematic Baz, didn't know you were using two diodes. I had originally wired it up with the resistor in parallel, I can't remember what happened, I'll have another play and tweak the values and see if I can get it to work. just to clarify, is the normal incandescent bulb wired in parallel with a resistor also? |
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| Author: | Baz [ Fri Mar 27, 2015 6:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Charge Light issue SR20 |
Ross the green diode is the LED. Yes always use a 100 ohm resistor parallel with incandescent, 1/4 watt is ok. This covers if the globe fails. can result in alternator failure. |
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