alt wire melting?

[miked_mad 10+ year member]

I was wondering if any of u knew why my alt wire would start melting? I have a optima batt and a iraggi 200 amp alt.

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[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

Did you do the big III?

 

[miked_mad 10+ year member]

yea I have a 4gu wire going to my alt

 

[jeepintn 10+ year member]

make sure no part of your + is grounding out... mine did once before //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[smd4life 5,000+ posts]

is it near the exhuast?

 

[negativezeroz 5,000+ posts]

yea I have a 4gu wire going to my alt

Get 1/0

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

make sure no part of your + is grounding out... mine did once before //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

sad story, any ireparable damage

 

[miked_mad 10+ year member]

its not by anything its melting at the positive end by the batt

 

[mikeyboc 10+ year member]

I think 200 amps is a little much for 4 ga. Bump it up to 1/0.

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

hhmm..yelow tops dont corrode? possibly high voltage the alt is giving? is it a new alt

 

[miked_mad 10+ year member]

I try it. How do u ground out the alt?

 

[smd4life 5,000+ posts]

just the sheilding im assuming? is there any other problems?

 

[miked_mad 10+ year member]

yea brand new

 

[miked_mad 10+ year member]

the voltage dropped because it burnt some of the wire

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

its not from EA is it?...lol