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<blockquote data-quote="smoka" data-source="post: 5769482" data-attributes="member: 606721"><p>Explain to me how installing a larger wire (big 3) causes "more current out of both your battery and alternator"?</p><p></p><p>Installing larger wire does NOT cause you to pull more current. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif The current stays the same, but the larger wire has less resistance which means you don't have as much of a voltage drop.</p><p></p><p>To say that an alt would ever run at 100% continuously is just stupid.</p><p></p><p>Anybody who gets that much power to max out their alt continuously (my guess would have to be over 2kwrms and listens to test tones all day //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif) usually upgrades their alt anyway.</p><p></p><p>But for the average enthusiast, the big 3 is a cheap and easy way to avoid unnecessary voltage drop due to undersized wires.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smoka, post: 5769482, member: 606721"] Explain to me how installing a larger wire (big 3) causes "more current out of both your battery and alternator"? Installing larger wire does NOT cause you to pull more current. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif[/IMG] The current stays the same, but the larger wire has less resistance which means you don't have as much of a voltage drop. To say that an alt would ever run at 100% continuously is just stupid. Anybody who gets that much power to max out their alt continuously (my guess would have to be over 2kwrms and listens to test tones all day [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif[/IMG]) usually upgrades their alt anyway. But for the average enthusiast, the big 3 is a cheap and easy way to avoid unnecessary voltage drop due to undersized wires. [/QUOTE]
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