Went to fire up my electrical sytem today. Went to turn the key on and, nothing as usual

No power, nowhere. Well, this is how I've got the battery hooked up and this is how I "thought" it was hooked up before I ripped it out.

I've basically got the positive cable from the battery going straight to the starter. Well, that's not going to send juice to the rest of the system, correct ?

I have a circuit breaker mounted in the engine bay, that I have the alternator and a few other things on. I made a jumper from the starter to the circuit breaker, and that fired up the electrical system.

Can I just leave it like that ?

I was able to run my fuel system and no leaks, finally some good news

This is the circuit breaker

 

You really need the circuit breaker between the battery and everything else including the starter. The circuit breaker should be mounted as close to the battery as possible. What that does is eliminate the chance of something past the circuit breaker shorting out and causing a big mess. As it is now, that big heavy gauge wire you have running to the starter can short somewhere and lead to one hell of a fire.

Mount the circuit breaker next to the battery and then run a lead from it to the starter and another off the same post to the rest of the electrical system.

 

Thanks for the reply, I'm going to keep the breaker where it is for now and just run a jumper from the starter to the breaker so I can power the system. Once I get the car started, I'll move that back. I'm all "wired" out right now, if you know what I mean.

FYI, my old FD had a "hot" battery wire running from the trunk to the front of the car for years (Without a breaker). Probably not the best idea, but alot of people

 

You might need more than one circuit breaker...
What is that particular one rated at? (amperage wise)

Ideally, you want one breaker to the starter solenoid, and the other breaker got to the alternator.
The rest of the car's electrical load should be tapped from the latter.

p.s.
Are you the "techno Viking"?

 

Yes he is!!!!!! And this is proof!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wno8tWg-Q4g

 

 

I aint no queer

 

lol very funny