big three pics II (BIG)

[thatkidbob 10+ year member]

loom is your friend.

Ditto...

depending on how the thick the jacket on your 1/0 is, the 1" loom from HD might be a pretty good fit (for 2.50 its hard to go wrong)... you can either electrical tape it or wire tie it...

 

[xluben 10+ year member]

oops, i meant the ring terminals are from home depot.

the battery terminals are from ebay. i can ge a link if you can't find them.

i'll look into getting some loom. i had it on my other wiring, but don't have any sitting around that'll fit on the 1/0.

 

[Blazemore 10+ year member]

so, do u really need a fuse from the alt to the battery? i dont see the point of that

Its just there so he feels safe while driving it, other than that it becomes a argument.

 

[ilvwhtgrls 10+ year member]

the wire coming from your alternator to battery is really close to the manifold of your car, you're probablu going to have problems with that.

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

Fuses are not in case something draws too much current... They are there in case of a short.
And the way you said ''I don't see a point'' tells me that you were trying to be a smarty pants //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

Actually, thats wrong. Fuses are put in place in case there is too much current draw for that size wire to handle. In the case of a short, there is so much current being drawn that it would cause a lot of other problems, easily melting the wire being a possibility, and fire/damage could easily result.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Actually, thats wrong. Fuses are put in place in case there is too much current draw for that size wire to handle. In the case of a short, there is so much current being drawn that it would cause a lot of other problems, easily melting the wire being a possibility, and fire/damage could easily result.

No.

Guess what a SHORT is... TOO MUCH CURRENT!

WHATAYAFUKINGKNOW!

So, it's for a short AS WELL. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

nG

 

[Big Dee 10+ year member]

Actually, thats wrong. Fuses are put in place in case there is too much current draw for that size wire to handle. In the case of a short, there is so much current being drawn that it would cause a lot of other problems, easily melting the wire being a possibility, and fire/damage could easily result.

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[Big Dee 10+ year member]

No.
Guess what a SHORT is... TOO MUCH CURRENT!

WHATAYAFUKINGKNOW!

nG

They are both right, a fuse protects from too much current, which is caused by a short.

 

[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

Actually, thats wrong. Fuses are put in place in case there is too much current draw for that size wire to handle. In the case of a short, there is so much current being drawn that it would cause a lot of other problems, easily melting the wire being a possibility, and fire/damage could easily result.

If you have an amplifier that pulls, say, 200A; and you decide to put 8 guage wiring on it knowing that the wire will not handle the power, and fuse it just in case too much current is pulled through the wire (KNOWING your equipment requires more current than it can handle) then you are an idiot.

You need to get wiring that is adequate enough to handle the power that your amplfier(s) need to run properly, if you dont then you knowingly put yourself at risk of burning a wire...

There is no reason the amplifier would suddently draw a massive amount of power, unless of course there is a short some where //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[BassAddictJ 5,000+ posts]

maybe not the cleaniest nicest big 3 people have seen here, personally i think it's not too shabby, looks organized at least.....some split loom and ur good to go man.....

.........better looking than mine lol........mines's hanious looking, but it gets the job done lol

 

[937DYTBOI 5,000+ posts]

looks like mines under the hood but with blue 2/0 wire, i ran my alt to batt wire right next to the radiator that looks like the only diffrence