# alternator fuse keeps popping
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alternator-fuse-keeps-popping/205410
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [November 1, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alternator-fuse-keeps-popping/205410 "2010-11-01T15:10:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@sonson\_jdmvtek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sonson_jdmvtek)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alternator-fuse-keeps-popping/205410/1 "2010-11-01T15:10:51Z")
ok so i replaced the alternator and battery and still the alternator fuse pops when im about to drive…does anyone know what it can be??
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its a 97 honda civic factory motor wire harness never been touched
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### Author:  [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alternator-fuse-keeps-popping/205410/2 "2010-11-01T15:13:44Z")
ground or battery cable is grounding.
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### Author:  [@sonson\_jdmvtek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sonson_jdmvtek)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alternator-fuse-keeps-popping/205410/3 "2010-11-01T16:21:10Z")
i checked the battery cable and nothing is touching and we checked the grounds…i was told from ht to remove the bracket from the intake manifold to the block that sometimes a wire touches the bracket…
what do you really mean when u say battery cable is grounding??(i know its a dum question)
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### Author:  [@pirite](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pirite)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alternator-fuse-keeps-popping/205410/4 "2010-11-01T16:24:28Z")
he means the battery cable touches some metal and causes a short in the system causing the fuse to pop.
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### Author:  [@LUKE\_L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUKE_L)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2010, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alternator-fuse-keeps-popping/205410/5 "2010-11-02T06:43:44Z")
Did you rewire your Main power and Grounds? If so, check the crimps on the wire ends or bolt points see if they are loose on the wire.
There is a short somewhere.
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### Author:  [@SilverGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilverGT)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2010, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alternator-fuse-keeps-popping/205410/6 "2010-11-04T08:02:08Z")
Was this happening before you replaced the alternator? or after you replaced the alternator?
If it happened after you replaced the alternato, i would assume the alternator is not the correct one?
If it happened before you replaced the alternator, i would of check the wiring.
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### Author:  [@psychopjv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psychopjv)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/alternator-fuse-keeps-popping/205410/7 "2010-11-04T18:35:17Z")
it’s the harness underneath the manifold rubbing on the bracket for the intake. it’s a black and yellow wire and it has rubbed through. have you also been having speedo/tach issues?