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EJ alt - wiring into EA
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:09 pm
by Ben
Smoke is coming off the fusible link between the alt and the batt, figuring I have done something wrong......
No problems until the car starts though....
Any thoughts?
Main white wire goes to fusible link
EJ B wire goes to L WR wire
EJ LR wire goes to L B wire
Thats the best I could figure out from the FSM's.....
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:20 pm
by Ben
In the L FSM the WR wire goes to the fuses box and then to the meter
In the Impreza FSM the BW wire goes to the fuse box and then the meter.
In the L FSM the BW wire goes to the fusible link
In the Impreza FSM the LR wire goes to the fuse box and then battery
So I hooked the L WR wire to the I BW wire
and the L BW wire to the I LR wire, figuring I would be right....
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:32 pm
by Ben
Would this be part of the problem?
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 8:56 am
by BRUMBERTY
Huge battery and a big alternator.....how many amps were going through the link? Was the battery down a bit?
I melted my links when charging a flat battery, they don't like 70 amps going through them.
Thank God the forum is back.
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:39 am
by Ben
Could be a possibility, I haven't charged the battery in a while....
Might leave it on over the weekend and see how it goes on Monday afternoon....
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 11:11 am
by Ben
OK, so I had this brainwave right - stick the liberty battery in the L and see if the smoke comes off the fusible link....
Well whaddya know!!!
Will stick the big sucka on the charger I guess
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:48 pm
by BaronVonChickenPants
Although the sight of smoke eminating from anything electrical is really disturbing it's good to hear you figured out that you figured it out right in the first place. Nice work
Jordan.
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:10 pm
by stamp_licker
what size battery is that?my mates laughed at the size of mine[battery]its way tiny.
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:40 pm
by wrx_nut
looks like about a 560cca...thats what i have in my L-wagon
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:33 pm
by Ben
It's a 520, dunno how to get any bigger in there, as it is now it would go close to hitting the bonnet if you sat on the bonnet....
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:14 am
by jzk25
You'll need a 100A fuse link between the Imp alt and the battery, the L link will be a lot lower than that because it is only a 60A max alt. If you still have the Imp engine fuse box flip it open and you'll see the whopping big bolt down 100 amper in there. The spade end link in an early Lib or Imp would prolly fit and be sufficient though.
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:01 am
by Ben
Thanks Al, the impreza harness had a big 80A bolt down fuse, I'll get that out and use it.
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 12:55 pm
by jzk25
Ahh cool, must be the libs that have a 100a in them for the extra electrical loads.