No battery light on first click

[Clio182mike]

Hi, I have no battery light on the dash when about to turn the key. Any ideas? The car runs fine just no pre ignition light.

 

[Clio182mike]

Any ideas on what to check?

 

[green]

Have you checked the battery voltage ? See what it is when engine isn’t running to see how healthy it is and again when the engine is running.
Should see near on 12v and 14v when engine running.
The higher voltage is the alternator so if there’s no increase that’s gone.

 

[Clio182mike]

Haven't checked the battery yet as I've been driving it about for a while like this. I pretty confident it's charging, I was hoping there may be a cable I could test or a fuse or something like that ha ha. My post title says first click but it's actually on second click just before turning to crank over.

 

[bloke]

Check the exciter wire on the alternator. Small black plug.