fusible link questions

[Clarence Wood]

  If you are referring to my original post, I have gone from a 60 amp to a 100 amp alternator.  To make sure that the original + wire from the alt. to the battery wouldn't overload, the suggestion was made (not by anybody on this list) to run another wire from the + post on the alt. to the + post on the battery.  The original suggestion was to use 14 Ga fusible link, 4ft long.  I am instead going to use 3ft 9 in of 10 Ga wire and then attach 3 in of 14 Ga fusible link.

Clarence

At 10:48 AM 2/4/99 EST, you wrote:
>The fusiable link has two purposes, firstly to protect the alternator   
>from over loading, and to protect sensitive electronic equipment
>installed in the engine. The battery can still be over charged with out
>blowing the fusilble link.
>
>  What am I missing here???
>  I assume that the alternator + is connected to the battery + using 1 wire.
>  I assume that the wire is big enough to deliver ALL the current that the
>produce. The windings in the stator will establish that current limit.
>
>  When would a "systems designer" connect vonerable(spelling?) sensitive
>electronic devices to any part of that ? 
>
>  I suggest that the biggest 'practical' wire be used to connect the
>alternator to the battery. If I am wrong with this 'advice' , please inform
>me. But please bring some facts , or at least some actual experiences.
>
>
>   Jerry
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