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battery light?

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hey guys, matt jst replaced my alternator with a 2nd hand one, after mine shat itself, everything seems to be fine, matts checked with multimeter and all good, went to supercheap to check, all good, but once i hit past 5ish6k'revs the light starts to turn on, any idea what it might be? will swap my friends relay to see how it goes , but still puzzled thanks!
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have you checked the flux capacitor? sometimes they can play up and screw with your battery voltages at certain rpm speeds - sounds like you need a new one!
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Did you test your charging circuit under load as well??
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payaya wrote:Did you test your charging circuit under load as well??
yeah matt did that, and also supercheaps device does that too
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How did you test it under load?? And I have never used a what super cheap use but how does their test put an electrical system under load?
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