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bihili 
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Posted: January 27, 2009 at 5:35 PM / IP Logged  

Do I use a 100 amp mega fuse with a 100 amp alternator?

Details: I am wiring my street rod from the beginning and want to ues a Mega fuse instead of a fusible link.

This will be mounted next to alternator on inner fenderwall and will fuse the lead into my fusebox.

I don't know how to calculate what size Mega fuse to use. Help please.

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Posted: January 28, 2009 at 1:08 PM / IP Logged  
if 100a is all the alternator can produce then you can use a 100a maxi. in a street rod i doubt you will need more than 100a. if for some reason you DO have some componet that will draw more than 100a, like a high powered amp or amps, it will burn the fuse. if you were to put in lets say....a 150a maxi on your 100a alt, the fuse will hold and it will just continue to tax the alternator over what it can produce eventually prematurely causing it to fail. the purpose of the fuse really, is to protect the alternator and the wire from it against a direct short to the chassis. so, that being said i would always run a larger fuse rating than the alt rating. after all...even with say a 200a maxi, a direct short will pop it (which is what its for). as a rule of thumb, for what you are doing with it, go bigger as it really is only to protect against a direct short anyway.

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