Ahh seems I can bypass using wire straight from alt to starter relay with fusible link. Still have gauge hooked up but it'll only have half the current going thru it. Saves that new harness from having to be cut up. I'd hate to mess up such a great looking job :)
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I do not wish you argue about it, take it as it is or leave it. It's not my car
you are working on, do things however you choose. I believe the statements and
ideas below to be accurate, and could save your classic car or your life, use
at your own risk, research and read others ideas, learn the load capacity of
the wiring in your car before you take my word for it. Other people may have a
different or better way to resolve the same issues. Viewer discretion is
advised...
You know if you have a working old style Amp Gauge in that
car, and you run that much Amperage through it, it will melt, or have a wiring
fire. The gauge would be rated at either 45amps or 60amps. To run those
electronics you will have to upgrade the wiring and bypass the gauge, and I'd
run all new wires for the Positive AND Negative for the subs AND radio. Do not
tap into the fuse box your car has or into the wiring your car has. Use new
wiring and circuits from the battery. Too much load on wires (new or not) will
cause them to heat up, melt and short out. I know most of the time people just
ground the sub in the back, you can do that on a new car, and the Ground is
usually good. But a 45 year old car may not have as good a ground so why take
the chance of ruining the amp or sub due to poor ground wires, just run ground
with with the hot so it has both wires new. Both wires the same gauge, direct
from the battery. Remember to put the FUSE for the HOT side of the sub very
close to the battery in case it shorts out at some time, it will just blow the
fuse. Do the same thing for the radio as well, If you want it to turn on and
off with the key use a relay to run the radio. It would work just like any
other relay for lights, or a fuel pump. It will just run the radio, DVD player,
navigation, or heated seat.....whatever, add as many as you like.
Or you can do what I'm doing for my car. I'm
bypassing my amp gauge and upgrading the charging system and adding fuseable
links. I'm then adding an under the hood fuse box (like new cars use) to run
all my new toys. Oh and I think it's a 120 amp Alt that is going in. I'd have to go look at it, it's at the bottom of the pile, but could be a 160 AMP-- Eric Tacoma, WA
1962 Chrysler Newport 2 door HT
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