[speedjunkie]

OK so I discovered a few things tonight.

I tested the alternator, and realized that it's putting out what it's supposed to if I don't have my A/C on. I turn the A/C on in order to turn the fans on. When I have the fans on, the alt is only putting out around 11 or 12v. With the fans off it's putting out around 13 to 14.3v. Both of those measurements are at idle.

I checked all the leads on the alt and discovered something very strange...all my checks were at idle btw. On B I got 14.3 IIRC. On S and L I got zero, zilch, nada. Which is weird because supposedly it's still charging the battery, if only a little. So I checked my roommate's FD. He has a stock alt. On B and S he got 14.7, on L he got 0.1. Also weird.

I did a check for draw, and the tester did light up. So I started removing fuses. I was in the relay/fuse box under the hood, and when I took out the BTN fuse, the light went off. Bingo. After looking in my FSM and not really finding anything but wiring diagrams (which are helpful but I'm looking for something simpler at this point haha), I'm doing a search here. My manual is so jacked up for some reason. Sections aren't where they're supposed to be, they're not WHAT they're supposed to be, you name it.

EDIT: OK, after checking the electrical repair manual, I discovered that BTN was for ALL FUSES...which doesn't help me a damn bit, other than to tell me the problem is somewhere in the fuses...which I already knew. HAHA.