You are correct - I had replaced a worn out positive battery terminal a week
or two afo and now it has rusted!
I need to clean the terminal and the wires I clamped into it and appliy some
grease to protect it.

"TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
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> "Rocky" <jcadellano.spam@optonline.net> wrote in
> news:F%X4f.10134$1X1.9982@fe12.lga:
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>> Why would the main wire melt the terminal post on an alternator that
>> is only in use for a couple hundred miles? Could it be the internal
>> regulator failed causing the overheating?
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> Wire was loose and arcing. Or really, really dirty.
>
> Was the alternator overcharging?
>
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