Is a fuse(s) necessary with big 3?

[SocialStealth]

if the fuse you have on your upgraded wire blows, then without a doubt the smaller stock fuse is going to blow too. Then your wires are going to melt and catch fire //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

A wise man once said,

Its pointless to just add 1 fuse to the big 3, you add 2 fuses. 1 at bat+ and 1 at alt+.

no joke, someone said that. I don't remember who, but they said it and he had like a 5000 post count, so obviously he knew what he was talking about.

 

[bass-aholic 10+ year member]

if the fuse you have on your upgraded wire blows, then without a doubt the smaller stock fuse is going to blow too. Then your wires are going to melt and catch fire //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
A wise man once said,

Its pointless to just add 1 fuse to the big 3, you add 2 fuses. 1 at bat+ and 1 at alt+.

no joke, someone said that. I don't remember who, but they said it and he had like a 5000 post count, so obviously he knew what he was talking about.

holy shit this post is full of FAIL.

 

[andrewmoore13 10+ year member]

Poast count =/= knowledge //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

I just don't see a point. I feel like most of the fuse holders available are compression style and those bother me REALLY BAD. I don't feel safe with that style.

Not to mention in my truck the wire from the alt to the battery will literally be 2 ft long.

 

[McIntosh 10+ year member]

The argument is that if the fuse blows, your alternator will see the battery as empty, and will attempt to charge it. This will melt your remaining wire//catch it on fire and overwork/kill your alt.
If you do not have a fuse, and there is a short and the connection is maintained, the battery will explode and cover everything with intensely hot acid and release various deadly gasses. And your wire will eventually melt/catch fire and your alternator most likely die.

Of course, what are the chances that your alt//bat will short circuit? if it does, and your still driving, you'll probably notice a huge dim and your battery will be worked until it dies.

a fuse simply at the bat+ will save your battery in the case of a short, but the remaining wire to the alt will catch fire.

A fuse at the alt + will save your bat and prevent the wire from catching fire.

it is a misconception to always fuse at the battery.

you always fuse at the SOURCE. which is MOST often the battery.

But in the alt+ to bat+ connection, the source of power is the alternator.

What??? LOL

 

[SicAudio 5,000+ posts]

AND YET ANOTHER MEANINGLESS DRIBBLE POST FROM MCINTOSH AND HIS STUPID LYING ee DEGREE BACKGROUND LOLZ **** OFF MAC YOU WOULDNT KNOW REAL CAR AUDIO IF IT SUCKED YOUR DICK NOOB.

 

[McIntosh 10+ year member]

AND YET ANOTHER MEANINGLESS DRIBBLE POST FROM MCINTOSH AND HIS STUPID LYING ee DEGREE BACKGROUND LOLZ **** OFF MAC YOU WOULDNT KNOW REAL CAR AUDIO IF IT SUCKED YOUR DICK NOOB.

Poor baby

 

[BlackMaxima 10+ year member]

yeah, dont remove any of the stock wires, just add your own.

why do you keep the stock wires? since your going to add 1/0 wires?

 

[MegaloJntariac 10+ year member]

Can someone explain why a fuse is needed. Because just saying it could kill your batts isn't really saying to much about why? It would make sense to me that if you hve a stock alt you would not need a fuse between the batt and alt jus becauuse the simple fact that my battery never died with the stock wiring!

Hey u dumb fukk **** bag! How bout u read the fukin 1st page when every one was saying id rather replace a fuse than a battery you dumb fukk! Do you have a brain!? Use it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

I answered to that.

 

[Lil Poot 5,000+ posts]

why do you keep the stock wires? since your going to add 1/0 wires?

no need to remove the stock wires. no good could possibly come out of it, and although rare, there are bad possibilities.

 

[smoka 10+ year member]

AND YET ANOTHER MEANINGLESS DRIBBLE POST FROM MCINTOSH AND HIS STUPID LYING ee DEGREE BACKGROUND LOLZ **** OFF MAC YOU WOULDNT KNOW REAL CAR AUDIO IF IT SUCKED YOUR DICK NOOB.

Now you are being the troll.

 

[bagged97tacoma 10+ year member]

That is wrong. Current is supplied based on the load (batt and accessories). Current is not pushed down the wire when there is nothing there. If the alt-to-batt fuse blows, your wire will not burn up but there is a chance you can damage your alt.


Not really true either. The alt doesn't store power, so when it fries it just stops working. But a batt will overheat and possibly explode which is much more important!

why will blowing the fuse cause alt damage?

 

[smoka 10+ year member]

why will blowing the fuse cause alt damage?

If you short the wire while your alt is running, it will most likely damage the rectifier which converts the alts AC voltage to DC.