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patrickt,

Thanks; that's very helpful.

I need to check to see what is directly wired to the battery; the only thing that really changed is the holley efi and distributor - I didn't install it so I'll need to check it out.

but...

why/how does it matter if something is wired directly to the battery. In your example, i.e. a fancy audio system (in my case the electronic efi), if it's wired through the fuse box or wired directly through the battery (with an inline fuse), wouldn't the ammeter read out the same way regardless of the way it's wired?

Also, would you agree, assuming there are no poor connections, that as long as the system is producing the proper amount of volts, that a high ammeter reading is OK?


Thanks again.