Charge wire

[J-440]

 Yanking my starter and I currently have a 1 gauge wire from the starter terminal going to the alternator terminal (positive charge).  I also have a 2A gauge welding wire going from the same alternator post to the battery.  Can I eliminate the wire from the starter to the alternator?  Car is currently getting 14.1 volts at idle just fine.  Would I lose some volts by removing the wire?  This car is EFI so I need the maximum 14 volts.  Thanks.

[Gold Rush]

Do you also have the battery positive terminal feeding direct to the starter?   You need one high current path to the starter.    Sounds to me like you might have some over-kill going on there.  Never heard of wire that size used from alternator to anything.

[J-440]

 Yeah I've made a few mistakes in the past.  My electric skills aren't up to speed.  But yes I do have a big 1 gauge going from the battery to the starter post.

[Nacho-RT74]

as I'm telling via PM, the starter just sucks power when cranking, hence the alternator is not working. Not reason for starter-alt wire. Is being redudant to the alt/batt wire. Not overkilling but oversizing for something will never see loads there but sharing loads with an already enough wire between alt and batt... which BTW is bypassing the ammeter.

[John_Kunkel]

Do you also have the battery positive terminal feeding direct to the starter?   You need one high current path to the starter.    Sounds to me like you might have some over-kill going on there.  Never heard of wire that size used from alternator to anything.

Depending on the alternator output #6 from alternator is all that's needed.