Fusible Link and the Starter Motor

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Originally Posted by patrickt

1) Your starter motor will draw about 200 amps while cranking. BUT, it will have an initial draw of several hundred amps (my old style Ford FE starter motor has an initial inflow of over 900 amps).

2) If you were to place a fusible link(s) in your system, it would be between the source of potentially very high current (meaning your alternator or your battery) and the likely source of a serious fault to ground.

3) You do not need a fusible link on your system. I do not have a fusible link on my system. I have glass fuses on the eight basic circuits, a higher amp auto reset circuit breaker on the the positive cable after the starter solenoid; and a manual reset 15 amp circuit breaker on the headlight switch feed off the ignition switch.

4) You never place a fusible link on the starter motor.

Hope that helps.

Thanks for your post.
It helps a bit.

Not knowing how your car is wiring, it's a little difficult to understand when you write "on the positive cable after the starter solenoid."
Do you have the positive from your battery going directly to your starter?
If so, after your starter would there be a cable from your starter to your alternator?
If so, is that where your circuit breaker is...hooked up between your starter and your alternator?
If I am understanding all of that correctly, then are you suggesting that I should place either a circuit breaker or fusible link (I really don't think of those 2 things are difficulty effectively) between the starter and the alternator?