battery indicator light

[JonPerezinSD]

so yesterday my battery was dead..I went a head and got a new one and put it in...started her up and it worked fine...on the way to work today, I noticed that the battery light was on?? since I placed a new battery in, does that mean I need to replace the alternator now, or does the light just need to be tuened off..does anyone know?

[utgrad]

drop by Autozone, they should be able to tell you...easy test is to get a multimeter ($20 at Autozone) and measure voltage across battery terminals while running (should be around 13/14Volts generally)...pretty sure the light doesnt need to be reset, so probably something other than battery.

[Petes540i6]

I would be very surprised if the light needs to be reset. I'm thinking alternator.

[brandon5069]

Maybe I'm wrong, but I think the alt. light is set to illuminate if the system sees less than the desired amount of voltage from the alternator.

I'd say you have an alternator problem....

[JonPerezinSD]

yah alternator is it...waiting on a tow to go get it fixed....thanks for the input though