big 3 ?

[the Answer 10+ year member]

im trying to do a big 3 today but i have a ford ranger and the alt doesnt go to the batt and my dad said that i shouldnt change it, it goes to a solenoid then to the batt. so im going to do the grounds but is their any thing i can do about the alt to batt?

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[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

Just leave the stock wiring alone and add the wire going from the Alt + to batt +

 

[the Answer 10+ year member]

Just leave the stock wiring alone and add the wire going from the Alt + to batt +

do i leave both cables on the batt then?

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

do i leave both cables on the batt then?

What are the cables your referring to? When your doing the big 3, you leave the stock wiring alone, there's no reason to remove it. Just add the 3 wires...

 

[the Answer 10+ year member]

What are the cables your referring to? When your doing the big 3, you leave the stock wiring alone, there's no reason to remove it. Just add the 3 wires...

so im not replacing any wires i just put new gounds along with the old grounds and the stock alt to batt with the new alt to batt

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

so im not replacing any wires i just put new gounds along with the old grounds and the stock alt to batt with the new alt to batt

yes! Your making this too complicated...your not replacing anything, your not removing anything, your simply adding...

 

[the Answer 10+ year member]

yes! Your making this too complicated...your not replacing anything, your not removing anything, your simply adding...

thanks for the help

 

[the Answer 10+ year member]

wait i just called my dad and he said that running alt to batt will leave the alt on and it will drain my batt so he said that it wont work

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

Well tell your dad he's dumb, because you can't "leave the alt on"

Believe me, dad's think they know everything...they do not

 

[the Answer 10+ year member]

Well tell your dad he's dumb, because you can't "leave the alt on"
Believe me, dad's think they know everything...they do not

except that my dad has been in atomotive for over 15 years so i think he knows what he is talking about.

 

[Stalin-ohaulic]

wait i just called my dad and he said that running alt to batt will leave the alt on and it will drain my batt so he said that it wont work

Yeah your dad is an idiot. I as well as every other person on this forum basically have a wire straight from my alt + to my batt +. You're not the first one to ever do this.

Ask your dad how current can flow from the alt when it is not turning. If it can, then you have a magical power source and you have solved the earth's energy problems.

 

[canyouhearmatt 10+ year member]

wait i just called my dad and he said that running alt to batt will leave the alt on and it will drain my batt so he said that it wont work

doesnt the alt only charge while the belt is rotating, i.e car is on?

 

[canyouhearmatt 10+ year member]

except that my dad has been in atomotive for over 15 years so i think he knows what he is talking about.

/life

/your dad

check my post, bubbagump and that other ***** that just posted.

then:crying:

 

[fshanda 10+ year member]

wait i just called my dad and he said that running alt to batt will leave the alt on and it will drain my batt so he said that it wont work

Then this forum would be full of dead battery mofos. Im a dad and I say your dad is stoopid as fauk.

I did the Big 3 on my sons car and what do you know, 8 months later, No Dead Battery.

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

except that my dad has been in atomotive for over 15 years so i think he knows what he is talking about.

Yeah he may know how to fix the mechanical problems on a car but it sounds like he doesn't know **** about electrical. How can an alternator drain a battery? Ask him to provide a detailed explanation...