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Old 09-20-2021, 01:03 PM   #6
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Re: Multiple charging wires from alternator

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Originally Posted by toolboxchev View Post
Bigger is not better, if you up size a wire you can feed a circuit too many amps causing things to fry and cook. Especially the heater circuit. Fans will continue to take more amps if fed more juice. This is in the dash circuit and feeds through the ignition switch which in turn will cook more components.
This is not true. The wire gauge isn't used for current limiting unless it's used as a fuse.
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