which wire charges the battery?
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which wire charges the battery?
I have a wire that appears to be coming from the alternator going to the starter solenoid the says fuseable link. There is another going to that same post that says fuseable link that does not appear to be from the alternator. Is the first one the wire responsible for charging the battery? Can't I just pull it off and check it with a volt meter to see if it is got power when the truck is on? I'm going to install a deep cycle battery and am trying to track down the wire to connect to the battery isolator. The alternator is stock on a 1986 Ford Bronco with 351W. Will I need to get a more powerful alternator? So far I don't have a ton of high powered electronics, e.g. multiple amps, high powered lights, winch.
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which wire charges the battery?
The diagram shows the wire being black with a red stripe. If should go to a large lug on the alt. The one you are looking at is probably it.
Do not take the wire off with the truck running. The battery is a storage system for starting the truck, but it also acts like a shock absorber. Any voltage surges are absorbed by the battery, thus protecting the electronics in the truck from overvoltage.
If the power companies had some sort of battery in their system,(would be rather huge wouldn't it) we wouldn't have had the power outage problem the other day.
Do not take the wire off with the truck running. The battery is a storage system for starting the truck, but it also acts like a shock absorber. Any voltage surges are absorbed by the battery, thus protecting the electronics in the truck from overvoltage.
If the power companies had some sort of battery in their system,(would be rather huge wouldn't it) we wouldn't have had the power outage problem the other day.
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which wire charges the battery?
I'd say that the people in PA proved that people paying attention could have stopped it too. 
The problem with the wire color is that is it a 1986 wire. It can be awefully hard finding color stipes on those. Thanks for the warning on disconnecting it!
The problem with the wire color is that is it a 1986 wire. It can be awefully hard finding color stipes on those. Thanks for the warning on disconnecting it!
