Alternator shutting off?

Busted Knuckles · 03-04-2014, 12:57 AM

Well, I went on the hunt for the last of the voltage drop this weekend. I wound up re-wiring the wire between the fuse block and the battery. I found the fusible link wire for the battery connection was trimmed to about 2 inches long! Everything I've read is this wire should be no shorter than 9 inches. I picked up a 14 ga fusible link at the parts store and wired it in. I also re-loomed that part of the wire harness and really cleaned up the area. I also found the 80A sealed FL from my old Toyota Pick-up fit in place of that fusible link in the fuse block.

After double checking all the connections, I re-ran the voltage drop test. Now I'm at .442V drop total! Today, we had cold and rain. I drove to and from work with headlights and wipers on. At the stops in traffic, I no longer am seeing a dimming of the headlights and a slowing of the wipers! I feeling good, now!

03-04-2014, 12:57 AM	#5
Busted Knuckles 12psi boost Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Atlanta Posts: 300	Solved!!... for now. Well, I went on the hunt for the last of the voltage drop this weekend. I wound up re-wiring the wire between the fuse block and the battery. I found the fusible link wire for the battery connection was trimmed to about 2 inches long! Everything I've read is this wire should be no shorter than 9 inches. I picked up a 14 ga fusible link at the parts store and wired it in. I also re-loomed that part of the wire harness and really cleaned up the area. I also found the 80A sealed FL from my old Toyota Pick-up fit in place of that fusible link in the fuse block. After double checking all the connections, I re-ran the voltage drop test. Now I'm at .442V drop total! Today, we had cold and rain. I drove to and from work with headlights and wipers on. At the stops in traffic, I no longer am seeing a dimming of the headlights and a slowing of the wipers! I feeling good, now! Last edited by Busted Knuckles; 03-04-2014 at 12:59 AM.