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Re: Alternator Output Fuses
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 1/13/2021 11 Replies

Hi Victor,

My money is on the 300 amp fuse is there to protect the car, not the alternator. It's possible that a diode failure in the alternator could result in a BAT term being shorted to ground resulting in oodles of battery current and quite possibly a fi... Login to read more.

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