Short to ground?
Loose battery cable or ground causing a Spike in system?
Bad voltage regulator allow too much current to flow through system?
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There is not a fusible link between the alternator and starter. There is a regulator on the alternator. The starter is directly connected to the battery, as is the alternator.
Alternator
It is under the alternator.
The voltage regulator is not in the alternator. The engine computer is the voltage regulator on a 1996 Dodge Dakota.
check all fuseable links and/or grounds
It is on top of the engine, next to the alternator.
Code 41 is for the alternator not charging properly.
No, the engine computer is the voltage regulator.
Next to the thermostat housing, under and behind the alternator.
Yes , the PCM is the voltage regulator.
Alternator going bad..replace it. Just had the same thing on my 2000 neon