matt s
Explorer
So I nearly burned my truck down today. The alternator wire slipped out of the crimp at the battery and grounded. 6-8 feet of burning wire and one scared owner. Luckily the damage was minor, but no longer will I ignore the lack of fuses and other shotty wiring from the previous owner.
I run a dual battery setup in parallel but will now be adding a manual isolation switch since I am re-wiring things anyway. It should come out similar to this diagram.
In this setup where would you put the in-line fuses? Also I was thinking of running #6 (bigger?) from the alternator so what size fuse on that line?
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: I stole this diagram from another thread, so thanks to who ever created it.
I run a dual battery setup in parallel but will now be adding a manual isolation switch since I am re-wiring things anyway. It should come out similar to this diagram.

In this setup where would you put the in-line fuses? Also I was thinking of running #6 (bigger?) from the alternator so what size fuse on that line?
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: I stole this diagram from another thread, so thanks to who ever created it.