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: Voltage Regulator wiring question


htm
Nov 14th, 05, 10:28 AM
I have had 2 wiring questions and so far its been 100 % success rate. Thank you all for your help. :)

Here is number 3,
The red wire going to the voltage regulator has a large black rubber piece were the wire seems to step down in size my initial thought was it is a fusible link, Checking the assy manual there is no reference to that and there is no id that may indicate it is a link.. If it is a link was is the amp rating or is it just a splice that changes the wire size. My guess is it is a fusible link....

JimM
Nov 14th, 05, 10:44 AM
It is a fusible link. It's the "sensing line" for the regulator and comes off the main splice in the harness. It's fused so that a shorted regulator won't take out the whole electical system.

htm
Nov 14th, 05, 12:04 PM
Do you know the amps so I can replace it it is broken, not burned Thanks :)

69-er
Nov 15th, 05, 12:50 AM
Is the fusable link orange? I believe this wire size is a 20 gauge wire. Fuseable links aren't sized by amperage rating. See if the size is printed on the fuse link itself.

Larry

htm
Nov 15th, 05, 9:03 AM
It appears to be red in color, I have looked at the wire and can not locate any information, If they are not rated by amps how are they rated,,, wire color ????

undee70ss
Nov 15th, 05, 1:03 PM
Yes it is a fusible link. They are rated by wire size. You generally use a fusible link 4 numbers smaller than the wiring you are protecting. ( ie...10g wiring uses a 14g fusible link, 12g wiring uses a 16g fusible link) Yours should be a 14g fusible link. You can get fusible links at any autoparts store.

htm
Nov 15th, 05, 3:56 PM
Thank You :)