Key Off or On, these wires are always hot if the battery is hooked up.
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Current flow for starting sequence
illustrated here
Engine Running, current flow normally looks like this.
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If the Battery needs charging, then current flow looks like this.
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A wire with a fuse can be placed to directly connect the battery to the alternator output.
In that case any charging current will take that route as it is shorter.
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