battery dash light

[Smoody]

the battery dash light keeps coming on then back off the last few times I used it, sometimes the light is fully lit other times it dim, seems like a loose wire maybe.

What will this light come on for if there is a real issue, bad battery or alternator /voltage regulator? will this light come on if the battery is bad?

 

[winston1]

I believe it correctly comes on if you are not getting 12.5+ volts thru the regulator. Put a voltmeter on the battery before cranking and after cranking and compare. If you don't have an increase you have a bad alternator or regualator. I don't think the light would come on with a bad battery unless the charging system is bad.

 

[Neat 1500]

Agreed, usually an indication of no charge to battery. either faulty reg,alternator or bad wiring to or at the point the output wiring goes to (battery or starter motor)

 

[normde2001]

the battery dash light keeps coming on then back off the last few times I used it, sometimes the light is fully lit other times it dim, seems like a loose wire maybe.

What will this light come on for if there is a real issue, bad battery or alternator /voltage regulator? will this light come on if the battery is bad?

Are you referring to the low battery water light or the charge light?

 

[Smoody]

the light on the top left of the panel, now that you asked that Norm its the light with a battery icon, the charge light has a lightning bolt icon correct? its in the lower right....The water in the battery is at the correct level, so that points to loose wire?

 

[normde2001]

the light on the top left of the panel, now that you asked that Norm its the light with a battery icon, the charge light has a lightning bolt icon correct? its in the lower right....The water in the battery is at the correct level, so that points to loose wire?

Yep, you have to find the ends of the wires, near the battery, and short them together. Unless you have an original Japanese battery, the light does not work.

 

[Smoody]

why now after 3 years of running it would the wires need to be shorted together? the light has never came on ever, bit confused.

doubt its original battery but i have never changed it and this machine came in and I purchased it off the container.

 

[Willl]

low battery water light

Huh ?, never heard of one of those.

 

[HoyeTractor]

There is a little info about it here

battery water level light



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[tallyho8]

If you do not want to short out the wires on your low battery light to make it useless when you do not have a Japanese battery there are other alternatives.

The low water sending unit is a small unit with a float similar to a gas tank float that replaces one of the 6 battery caps on a Japanese battery. It is possible, not easy but possible, to make one to fit into an American battery.

Or, you can do like I did and make a switch for your parking brake that activates that light when your parking brake is on. I forgot to take off my parking brake so many times that this light has proven to be very useful this way.

I just used an old refrigerator fan switch that turns on the freezer fan motor when you shut the door and I rigged it to the parking brake lever so that when you push the brake down the switch opens and the light comes on just like when you open the freezer door and the fan goes off. You just run the 2 wires from the battery sending unit to the switch.

If you are artistic enough you can replace the little light cover with one that says "BRAKE" on it.