2002 Hyundai Elantra GT,
Hi there I've been fighting with the same problem for about 2 months now and it's been from switches inside the car I've been replaced on the steering mast of replaced the ends of the terminals replaced the negative cable to have the alternator tested inside and outside the car it tests good and I thought well since the alternator is good in the battery is not charging and when I happen to remove the leads from the battery the car immediately dies then it's a bad cable I'm hoping now herein is the problem I'm trying to trace the cable from the alternator to the battery and there isn't one it seems like it goes directly from the fuse panel inside the engine to the battery and I don't know if the alternator is running directly to that fuse panel then to the battery and I'm reluctant to take the front end of the car part to physically trace the wire if that's not where it leads to and I've done research on it and I can't find anything that tells me where the wire connects to on either end I know one thing is the alternator and the other end is unknown can anyone please tell me where the other end of the alternator wire goes to so I can start replacing things and testing things please.
Or is there a way I can tap into a line from the alternator and put it directly into the positive terminal on the battery without blowing something out and if so what should I tap into on the alternator I just want to get this thing where I can go to the store without being stranded I don't need to make any long trips or anything on it.
The picture is alternator wire running up under the front end of the vehicle
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2020 AT 12:35 PM