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<blockquote data-quote="Dafaseles" data-source="post: 8790130" data-attributes="member: 681482"><p>Ok. Thank you for taking the time. Let me see if I have this straight.</p><p>The positive, I don't 100% understand what exactly is meant my ACC or RUN source. Does that mean a switched source (I Google the terms, and that's what I think it means)? Right now, I have my switched 12v source to the alternator coming from the O2-1 fuse in my fuse box (one of the 2 fuses used for the O2 sensor). That is a 16 awg wire. If you don't mind taking the time to explain, where/ how can I use an 8 awg wire for my switched source? Maybe just come from the battery to a switch in the cab? All the videos I saw on YouTube use 16 awg... but we all know that doesn't mean they all did it the right way. Do they make a fuse jumper that has an 8 awg out? I've never seen one.</p><p>The ground, that's easy. I can just ground that to the battery (then to the frame).</p><p>Also, the field wire is 16 awg at the moment, coming from the harness. Would that be ok to keep 16 awg? Diving in, taking apart the harness, and replacing the 16 with 8 might be past my level of knowledge.</p><p>And, I might have seen wrong, but that specific regulator just has an analog knob to adjust it. I can set it initially with a multimeter, that's no issue, but to monitor it (make sure for whatever reason down the road, the knob doesn't get bumped or whatever), how can I do that real time? Just purchase a normal voltage meter and install it at the alternator positive out? Would that work effectively? I have one already for the amplifiers, but I was going to install that at the amplifiers to monitor what the amps are seeing. That wouldn't be an effective means of monitoring the alternator output voltage I would assume.</p><p>Just a little foggy on the details. Sorry for the lengthy follow up question.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dafaseles, post: 8790130, member: 681482"] Ok. Thank you for taking the time. Let me see if I have this straight. The positive, I don't 100% understand what exactly is meant my ACC or RUN source. Does that mean a switched source (I Google the terms, and that's what I think it means)? Right now, I have my switched 12v source to the alternator coming from the O2-1 fuse in my fuse box (one of the 2 fuses used for the O2 sensor). That is a 16 awg wire. If you don't mind taking the time to explain, where/ how can I use an 8 awg wire for my switched source? Maybe just come from the battery to a switch in the cab? All the videos I saw on YouTube use 16 awg... but we all know that doesn't mean they all did it the right way. Do they make a fuse jumper that has an 8 awg out? I've never seen one. The ground, that's easy. I can just ground that to the battery (then to the frame). Also, the field wire is 16 awg at the moment, coming from the harness. Would that be ok to keep 16 awg? Diving in, taking apart the harness, and replacing the 16 with 8 might be past my level of knowledge. And, I might have seen wrong, but that specific regulator just has an analog knob to adjust it. I can set it initially with a multimeter, that's no issue, but to monitor it (make sure for whatever reason down the road, the knob doesn't get bumped or whatever), how can I do that real time? Just purchase a normal voltage meter and install it at the alternator positive out? Would that work effectively? I have one already for the amplifiers, but I was going to install that at the amplifiers to monitor what the amps are seeing. That wouldn't be an effective means of monitoring the alternator output voltage I would assume. Just a little foggy on the details. Sorry for the lengthy follow up question. [/QUOTE]
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