Where is the fuse in the "fusable link"?

[jdium]

Ok, I'll admit, people call me Corky. But I'm confused. Where in the hell is the "fuse" in the "fusable link" from the alternator to the selanoid? Is it under heat shrink? HELP

 

[sick5oh]

nice to meet you corky. the wire itsellf is the fuse

 

[jdium]

Ok, so does this look like it is blown?

That looks like a brazing or solder on the wire below...

 

[TheUser]

uh huh, the fusible link is designed so that it will fail if something happens so that the rest of the wire doesn't burn/melt. Then, you just replace the little fusible link instead of the whole wire. There is no "fuse" that you can readily take in or out.

If you ever get a 3g alternator and do the wire upgrade, you could run a fuse or circuit breaker. I have a circuit breaker on my 4 gauge alternator wire for my 140 amp powermaster alternator

 

[TheUser]

I think mine was melted (and you could tell it) when it went bad. You could use a digital volt meter and ohm it out and see the resistance of the wire. It should be relatively low, like below .1 or so

If you don't have a digital volt meter, I would suggest purchasing one. Mine was about $30 at autozone and I use it so much, it's worth every penny.

 

[jdium]

I'm gonna splice it out and see if that helps. I'm hoping that this is the reason that I'm only seeing about 9 volts on the stock gauge, no matter the revs. Alternator was shorted out, so this link probably fried a bit...