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Default Alternator Fuse?
On Wed, 6 Nov 2002 11:02:15 -0500 (EST), (Ron
Thornton) wrote:

Whenever I have shorted out an alternator, the diodes blow in about 2
nanoseconds. If the alternator output to the battery shorts, the source
for power becomes the battery. So it you are going to fuse it, fuse it
at the battery end cause the other end (diodes) opens up real quick.

A fuse can go anywhere in a wire, it makes no difference, the current
is the same everywhere along the length of it. And I will just bet the
diodes would protect any fuse by blowing faster.

Casady
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