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Originally Posted by PotvinV8
If you want to run a fuse between the alternator and battery, it needs to be larger than the max output of the alternator. The wiring will need to be sized accordingly as well. When I converted my A to 12v, I installed a Powermaster PowerGEN, which is rated at 90 amps max. First trip around the block, I must have replaced the 50amp fuse six or seven times before I finally got it to limp back home. I swapped the alternator wire to the lug on the fuse holder where the battery wire attaches and problem solved. The alternator was sending more than 50 amps through the fuse, blowing it.
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I don't quite understand how you have it wired. Is the alternator output bypassing the amp gauge and going directly to the battery?
The reason I ask is because I have a PowerGen and have never had a problem with fuses/circuit breaker. Wired as stock except 12v neg. ground and 30a circuit breaker at starter.
In other words I have a 30a circuit breaker between my Powergen and battery and no problem.