Cable Upgrade, Alternator to Battery Help -- Resolved

Bivouac · Jul 27, 2023

SpokeWench[OP] said: ↑

Thanks everyone!!!

<head hanging in humility >

A fresh restart after a night's sleep must have been good.

While double-checking all connections and fuses found the user error. The 4-pin connector was not fully seated! When I was checking I realized it came out too easily.

Buttoned it all up and triple checked all plug ins, now charging as it should.
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Great Job for hanging in there !!

I said it was simple! We all do things like this now and then

Chuy · Jul 28, 2023

Referring to first post, I would leave the oem wiring in place and just add a battery to alt cable. Should the fuse in the new cable blow out, you may still have power to the fuse box via the oem cable, thus, maintaining power to the cabin. Of course, what blew the fuse may blow both fuses, but maybe not.
What I did was run a 1/0 from alt to a junction post, then attached the original alt cable to it, and added a fused 2-gauge cable that went to the battery.

SpokeWench · Jul 28, 2023

Chuy said: ↑

Referring to first post, I would leave the oem wiring in place and just add a battery to alt cable. Should the fuse in the new cable blow out, you may still have power to the fuse box via the oem cable, thus, maintaining power to the cabin. Of course, what blew the fuse may blow both fuses, but maybe not.
What I did was run a 1/0 from alt to a junction post, then attached the original alt cable to it, and added a fused 2-gauge cable that went to the battery.
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Thanks.
I did re-install the OEM cable, alternator to original fuse block location.

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