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<blockquote data-quote="Ruffy" data-source="post: 2419483" data-attributes="member: 567697"><p>Yes and No, depends on the case. You fuse Below the wires rating, Above the component/alternators rating. Sticking closer to the Component/Alternator side of the equation.</p><p></p><p>IE If you have a 90a alternator, and 1/0ga cable, dont fuse it with a 80a fuse. Sure most alternators wont hit their rated amperage, but if they do the fuse blows. YOU DONT want this. The wire isnt going to burn up anywhere near that rating. Fuse it at 100-150a.</p><p></p><p>The fuse is there to protect the wire and everything else in case something goes majorly wrong and the component/alternator starts doing something it's not supposed to do, IE a 90a alternator pushing out 300a suddenly</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruffy, post: 2419483, member: 567697"] Yes and No, depends on the case. You fuse Below the wires rating, Above the component/alternators rating. Sticking closer to the Component/Alternator side of the equation. IE If you have a 90a alternator, and 1/0ga cable, dont fuse it with a 80a fuse. Sure most alternators wont hit their rated amperage, but if they do the fuse blows. YOU DONT want this. The wire isnt going to burn up anywhere near that rating. Fuse it at 100-150a. The fuse is there to protect the wire and everything else in case something goes majorly wrong and the component/alternator starts doing something it's not supposed to do, IE a 90a alternator pushing out 300a suddenly [/QUOTE]
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