The Big 3

[Logikalliquid 10+ year member]

Ruckus - i'd say go 250amp fuse. Even if you get a HO alternator later, you wont have to change that fuse, unless you get some crazy 250+ amp alternator.

95Prober - The big 3 is the electrical equivalent of the cars intake/exhaust system. The faster electricity can flow through your car, the more power your amps can produce. When the flow is restricted, your amps try to pull more power and that takes away from the other electronics in the vehicle. It is most noticeable in your headlights(dimming).

 

[M@nJo 10+ year member]

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i have a question as well. the fuse in my fusebox for the battery is rated @ 50amps. if i were to use 4 gauge power wire for the alt+ to batt+ , how many amp fused would suit me best? (ANL fuse that is)

 

[Logikalliquid 10+ year member]

Is your alt+-batt+ wire running through the fuse box? If not, I'd say dont touch the fuse box. They are fused that way for a reason and you aren't increasing current draw to anything that has a fuse in the stock fusebox.

 

[osokrayzay 10+ year member]

Question if my alt wire goes to my fusebox and then a wire to the battery cant i just bypass that and go directly alt to batt?

 

[95Prober 10+ year member]

Ruckus - i'd say go 250amp fuse. Even if you get a HO alternator later, you wont have to change that fuse, unless you get some crazy 250+ amp alternator.
95Prober - The big 3 is the electrical equivalent of the cars intake/exhaust system. The faster electricity can flow through your car, the more power your amps can produce. When the flow is restricted, your amps try to pull more power and that takes away from the other electronics in the vehicle. It is most noticeable in your headlights(dimming).

so bascially, it to increase the flow of electricity/power to your amps and throughout your car so things can get powered faster and easier ??

also preventing headlight dimming in most cases?

 

[lotas 10+ year member]

so bascially, it to increase the flow of electricity/power to your amps and throughout your car so things can get powered faster and easier ??
also preventing headlight dimming in most cases?

the bigger the wire, the less resistence, so the easier it is for power (CLEAN power) to get to your amps and other electrical needs.

 

[Mr. Opportunist 10+ year member]

Ok my alternator wire goes to fuse box then from fuse box to battery where do i put an additional fuse? i already changed the fuse box-battery wire to a 4ga i believe.

 

[Nightskye 10+ year member]

Question if my alt wire goes to my fusebox and then a wire to the battery cant i just bypass that and go directly alt to batt?

You should be able to, yes. Just add the direct wire on with an external fuse and don't touch the one running to the fusebox.

 

[Nightskye 10+ year member]

Ok my alternator wire goes to fuse box then from fuse box to battery where do i put an additional fuse? i already changed the fuse box-battery wire to a 4ga i believe.

You don't in that configuration. It's already fused with the box. You would only put an additional fuse if you made an additional direct run alt+ to battery like I just stated in the last post.

 

[Decipha 10+ year member]

Ok my alternator wire goes to fuse box then from fuse box to battery where do i put an additional fuse? i already changed the fuse box-battery wire to a 4ga i believe.

not a good idea if that wire were to short you may have a potential fire

just replace it with the old wire and run an extra wire from the alt to the batt

 

[APitBullT 10+ year member]

for correct fuse for wire length go here http://www.the12volt.com/info/recwirsz.asp //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif

 

[Mr. Opportunist 10+ year member]

not a good idea if that wire were to short you may have a potential fire
just replace it with the old wire and run an extra wire from the alt to the batt

thanks