Starting/power question

[Jguess85]

Good afternoon guys,
So today i decided to put my Battery Charger on the 81 Chief. it had a weak battery and didn't want to turn over to well. So i hooked up my trusty little charger. now when i turn the key i have nothing? any ideas what this could be? The interior lights stopped working, no radio or clock as well. This has me scratching my head? fuse maybe?

[carnuck]

Did you disconnect the battery while charging? Your cables or connections may be bad inside too.

[Jguess85]

It was the fusable link. Runs like a champ now


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[carnuck]

Hopefully the alternator wasn’t damaged by corrosion?

[Jguess85]

It seems to be keeping up. I do have a spare thank goodness just in case


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[tgreese]

Would be good to figure out why the fusible link blew. They don't routinely go open, instead being there to protect against a fire in case of a wreck or such. Not like the fuse to the radio and such. Requires a catastrophic fault to melt. Maybe you or some helper put the jumper cables on backwards or something similar?

[Jguess85]

once i took it off and replaced there was a lot of corrosion where it had been clamped together. i think that was the biggest issue. it wasn't burned through when i took the old link apart. each end did have corrosion.