i just bought a 96 dodge neon 4cyl 5 speed. and i just changed the starter in it. then i took it to work, and went to go out for lunch and the battery dies. the altinator i think went out, i got it home the next day, and it was smokeing where the altinator is. or the general area. i start the car from a jump pull the positive on the battery and it dies. imma take the altinator in to autozone to get it checked. but where is the fuse for the altinator. and if u think of anything else that could be wrong with it just let me know, its saturday 10:13 am as i type. and i need to get it done b4 or at sunday at 8:00 pm thank you for your time and please post ur ideas

 

If there are three wires on the back of the alternator. One should be the bat. terminal, hot all the time. If it isn't, there is a fusible link on that circuit, backtrack the circuit.

The other two wires, should be for the alternator field. the asd relay supplies voltage for that circuit. The dark green wire with the orange stripe should show B+ with the engine running or cranking as long as the asd relay is energized. The solid dark green wire, there should be a pulse on that wire.

 

the fuse is in the reqtangular box that is by your battery...