Amp Gauge Blow Up

[DanEC]

Patrick - I think you missed your calling in not becoming an electrical engineer - but it probably pays less than your current occupation. I'm drawing a blank on that 50 amp circuit breaker sitting in front of the battery. Being too warm and comfortable to walk out into the cold garage to study my car some more - I wonder if that circuit breaker is on the firewall now, just to the right of the starter solenoid in this picture? The wiring diagram appears to show it connected to the positive battery terminal at the relay.

[patrickt]

Yes, that's it. The battery is connected to the starter solenoid with the large cable. From there, it is connected to the 50 amp circuit breaker. You do it that way so the starter motor's draw does not go through the circuit breaker but everything else that draws from the battery does. All charging of the battery goes through that circuit breaker as well.

EDIT -- and it's always been there, I just consider that to be "next to the battery."