[boost til'bust]

look at the piece of wire right near where it connects to the alternator, thats the fusable link.

I will look to see if I still have my old battery cable, and I will take a pic tommorrow. My old cable has a MELTED fusable link, thats how I know there is a fuse link in that wire. My alternator gave out, burned the fuse link and my battery light came on. This was at the dragstrip right as I launched, I dont know if it had to do with the load or what, but it did melt the cable right at the fuse link.

if this fuse link wasnt there, there is a chance it could have overheated the wire, melted the insulation and started a fire.

I would recommend removing the additional power wire. I dont think you can use a fuse, I think they would burn easily, I think thats why they use the fuseable link. Its like a small section of wire that is slightly smaller gauge than the rest of the power wire, and it melts if it overheats from too much current.