FINALLY followed your advice. battery was dead as a doornail--no hope for it, replaced. but light still on! new alternator--light still on!! I asked if a fuse link could be problem (at Advanced Auto) they didn't know if it existed in my model. purchased hayne's manual. found there is one. Low and behold, it had melted. i spliced/replaced link. Voila! light out, battery recharges, alternator happy, and me happy. although i didn't need a new alternator, my son and I installed it, our first. so it was worth the experience for both of us. fun and learned alot. thanks so much for your help. you were THE most helpful of all auto experts. thanks again. Addie