1999 GU TD42 Alternator - Amps

[relyimah]

Correct, B & E

I left the original wiring there and used a larger welding flex cable direct from battery to alternator, and the same from alternator to chassis.

Left it there as in left them wired in and added additional? or left it disconnected and ran your own wires? Sorry for all the questions mate... Much appreciated!

[MudRunnerTD]

Left it there as in left them wired in and added additional? or left it disconnected and ran your own wires? Sorry for all the questions mate... Much appreciated!

add capacity, so he doubled up the wiring. that makes it even easier mate.

[relyimah]

add capacity, so he doubled up the wiring. that makes it even easier mate.

Thanks Darren. Though wouldn't that burn out the smaller fuse/wire still?
...or does 2x 70A = ~140A?

[MudRunnerTD]

It shouldn't. because the smaller wire will never see fun load, it will always split and the bigger wire will take more as its less likely to suffer voltage drop. on an extreme basis if your winching and your alternator is delivering everything then it will be shared load. The useable link is there to protect the wire and the battery. it should be smaller than the wire it is protecting, everything else in the car is fused beyond this link so is should not be an issue.

[Winnie]

Thanks Darren. Though wouldn't that burn out the smaller fuse/wire still?
...or does 2x 70A = ~140A?

Yeah I left the old wire in and is now redundant.
It actually has blown that main fuse but does not matter as I have added my own.

[relyimah]

Thanks everyone! Think I have a handle on this now... I hope

[relyimah]

Alternator purchased from Patrolapart... to be picked up Saturday... even saved a couple of dollars thanks to this lovely mob!

Cheers again!

[Hodge]

Nice work Ben I was there this Saturday just gone. Top blokes in there never a hard question or hard part to find.

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