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Old 12-17-2017, 07:49 AM
Smburns1023 Smburns1023 is offline
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Angry Electrical Charging Issue, can't figure it out!

Have a 97 ranger with a 4.0 v6. I have no clue why but the previous owner had put a breaker fuse on the wire from the alternator to the starter Selanoid. It is a 220amp breaker and sporadically it will pop open, thus making it so the alternator is not charging the battery. I have tried rewriring the wire with the breaker directly to the battery and it still popped. Also replaced the alternator with a 190amp alternator and that popped it too. My next step is to take out the breaker and see what happens when the truck is put back to the stock wiring. Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this?
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Old 12-17-2017, 09:20 PM
Undrstm8ed Undrstm8ed is offline
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Default Re: Electrical Charging Issue, can't figure it out!

93-97 OHV rangers had a diode in the underhood fuse box to keep the alt from back feeding. If thats been bypassed, that may be whats happening as the battery gets topped off full.. Just a thought
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