RE: wire gauge question - fusible link

[Steven Charette <stevec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Neal,
	Fusible link is just a big fuse. Kinda like the master fuse, if you
will, that protects the rest of the system.  

	I'm with Dodger, bigger is better, just make sure your connections
are sound.  Any resistance causes heat, which increases the resistance,
which builds more heat, and you have your own version of the China Syndrome.

SC

-----Original Message-----
From: Dodger7998@xxxxxxx [mailto:Dodger7998@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:40 AM
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: wire gauge question



wire size will not matter, the bigger the better up to a certain
point,,,,,,as I recall it is #10 originally, which is heavy enough to
handle, it  is connections of it that cause the problem, like at the
bulkhead connector, and  the terminals on back of gauge, 
 
 
In a message dated 6/24/2009 9:27:01 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
neal.zimmerman@xxxxxxxxx writes:

I am  working on the cudas wiring this week. at some point the bulkhead
connector  melted down, so i found a good one.
heres the question bear with  me.
Obviouysly the meltdown came from the two heavy  leads go to and from the
ammeter.And when i pulled the gauges last nite I  also saw melting  up
closer to the ammeter between the two heavy  leads, they were lying next to
each other and were starting to  look  pretty gooey.
I am thinbking of replacing the whole circuit, from  alternater, up thru
ammeter and out to starter relay with a heavvier gauge  wire to aid in
cooling,( via less resistance), but i am wondering if that  will throw out
the ammeter, like are they calibrated to that factory  size wire??
thanks .
PS anybody care to explain to me  what a fusible link does?
neal zimmerman, eugene  oregon


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