Stopped charging why?

[glynlucas]

This morning, I went out to my car, started it and thought I would give it a while to warm up before travelling to work.

While moving other cars on the drive, the Chim suddenly stopped! When I tried to restart, the battery was flat. So, I got out the jump leads did the grovelling on the floor bit and managed to get it started - charging light remained on. I decided to check the alternator output with a meter and it was healthy. Bewildered, I sat in the drivers seat, gave a little throttle and magically the charging light went off! I drove to work (about 20 miles) All was well.

Question is, what happened?

What should I check?

Thanks

[glynlucas]

Thanks for that,

I take it that the 100A fuse is the big one underneath the car somewhere .. I think I saw it mentioned in a thread last week.

Thanks your help.