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Will a High Output Alternator Fry my car's Electrical System?
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<blockquote data-quote="lostforawhile" data-source="post: 4578273" data-attributes="member: 591025"><p>um the factory fused it for a reason, also the reason a lot of cars have fusible links,you may have a fried alternator but you won't have a burned car. i've worked with automotive electricity for twenty years as a serious hobby and sometimes profession,and thats the stupidest thing i've ever heard. that factory fuse or link is there to keep a dead short in the alternator from setting the battery cable to it on fire, screw the alternator,if that link or fuse goes you've got worse problems.</p><p></p><p> what are these guys smoking? you crimp a terminal on end of the two gauge cable that fits the alternator post,the alternator isn't going to overheat because you used a larger size wire, the wire is not going to make the alternator put out more amps then it's made for, the terminal on the alternator is designed for the amps it can put out, the wire size has nothing to do with it. a larger wire has less resistence then a smaller wire,therefor it heats up less not more. these guys need to go back to school to lear basic electrical theory, everytime i hear someone tell people this BS it makes me want to start an electrical installers school or something. reminds me of the guy who said i couldn't install power door locks in my 86,because it didn't have the "computer" for them. what a load of ****.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lostforawhile, post: 4578273, member: 591025"] um the factory fused it for a reason, also the reason a lot of cars have fusible links,you may have a fried alternator but you won't have a burned car. i've worked with automotive electricity for twenty years as a serious hobby and sometimes profession,and thats the stupidest thing i've ever heard. that factory fuse or link is there to keep a dead short in the alternator from setting the battery cable to it on fire, screw the alternator,if that link or fuse goes you've got worse problems. what are these guys smoking? you crimp a terminal on end of the two gauge cable that fits the alternator post,the alternator isn't going to overheat because you used a larger size wire, the wire is not going to make the alternator put out more amps then it's made for, the terminal on the alternator is designed for the amps it can put out, the wire size has nothing to do with it. a larger wire has less resistence then a smaller wire,therefor it heats up less not more. these guys need to go back to school to lear basic electrical theory, everytime i hear someone tell people this BS it makes me want to start an electrical installers school or something. reminds me of the guy who said i couldn't install power door locks in my 86,because it didn't have the "computer" for them. what a load of ****. [/QUOTE]
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