anthonym Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 from the grey plug, I can't find it. I think my Alternator original D+ is connected to it, but I cannot find it on the dash and if it's in the Stack I don't know how connected. Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Nothing in the dash.I don't think the R5K had an ingition warning light (red lamp same design as indicator warning lamp), did it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonym Posted November 9, 2018 Author Share Posted November 9, 2018 well it must go somewhere.. shirley. My old alternator D+ was connected to it... and so is my new Brise, but that has three wires out instead of one. You are correct, there is no ignition warning light... which is why I am wondering where it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revilla Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 If you have no light and the alternator doesnt need it for excitation (it doesn't work t has separate wire for that in yours) then it may well not go anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 The Brise alternator does not need a bulb (or a resistor) to pre-magnetise, it needs a switched +ve. There's a separate output for a lamp should you want one. It will be fairly easy to wire one in.I guess the lamp was deleted because you've got the voltmeter in the dash. I have yet to see the warning lamp come on in my Stack for low voltage - and I have had a couple of alternators failing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonym Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 when it does rj, it will be a slow (slow enough to miss it when first glancing in horror at the warning light) flashing "low voltage warning 11.5 volts" I think the gate is set to 11.5 volts as default, so you will (hopefully not) see a redish light that at first frightened the carp out of me because I thought it was the oil light, but that is a brighter deeper more scary red (been there had that, sump fell off) and the clue is that flashing text warning. At no time did I see any alternator warning light and I cannot see one wired in to the Stack per the Stack diagram. What is perplexing me is why the wire is still assiduously wired in to the standard alternator D+ and in the Stack Dash loom variant if it is then chopped off somewhere. It's not chopped in the engine loom so it would have to be chopped in the main loom somewhere; I haven't felt like the usual upside down contortions required to explore the under dash loom looking for it. this is why I asked if anyone has an old "stack dash variant main loom" lying around, easy to follow the wire to see where it goes.edit: I suppose if your alternator fails, but your battery voltage is above 11.5 this warning won't kick in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 In the diagram for EU3 cars, there is an ignition warning light on cars with Stack dash. There may be a resistor in your loom to pre-magnetise the old alternator. And the wire should also there be brown / yellow (NY) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonym Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 That’s the same as the EU2 diagram I think I have been looking at. Question is, where is it under the dash?Maybe I.ll go take some pics instead of grovelling under there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 My first point of search would be near the warning lights. The brown / yellow wire should not be too difficult to spot. There's also a diode in the circuit - this is around 4mm diameter and probably 7 long. It's wrapped in heat shrink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonym Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 What warning lights? I don.t think I have any, it’s all done by the stackInhave a main bean little light in blue and indicator one is green. Think tha.s all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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anthonym Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 Ok, so I.ve been down under’ but just with my phone. Added a dash pic so we can see I have only two little lights. The warning lights etc are all built in to the Stack dash and the diagram for this errant wire goes nowhere near the Stack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonym Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 Very frustrating that this site prevents zooming in on images.. making it very difficult to examine close details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Email them to me and I shall try to have a closer look. Warning lights, hi beam light and indicator light all the same to me :-o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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anthonym Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 I have had a poke around that wire, it is very firmly in the loom except for this small loop.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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