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Old Aug 24, 2008 | 11:45 PM
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on the alternator there is a single wire that connects from the alt to the wiring harness
its not a connector or a plug just like and I.
my problem is that i keep frying that wire when the music is up really loud for a while, any sugestions on how to fix this
 
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 12:51 AM
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get a new alternator?
 
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 02:50 AM
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that wire is your charging cable...you either have insanely too much bass/music equipment(doubt it) or you have a bad short somewhere
 
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 08:03 AM
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can i make that wire thicker?
 
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 10:45 AM
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run a thicker wire and hope the alt can hang
 
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 05:17 PM
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where would i run a 'thicker'' wire
 
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 09:32 PM
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the wire that keeps frying
 
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 09:42 PM
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ya how would i / where would i run that wire too (where does it eventually lead to)
 
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 10:10 PM
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get a cap and a thicker wire, good luck on finding where the wire runs to ill check my hayes and see if i can find anything
 
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 11:12 PM
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its really hobble farked together rite now for the time being, i turn my subs off so i wont fry it again
 
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