Amplifier Grounding

[LopezBros13]

Anyone know best place to Ground an ZX1000.1 amp on a 1996 Cadillac Sedan Deville? (I need good detail to ground this Amp) Class D Amp and of course 0 gauge wire.

Thanxx in Advance

[FenixAudio]

anywhere in the trunk or rear seat bolt.

[mendezm9]

You will have to trim down the 0 gauge quite a bit. I had one and i had to cut out quite a bit of the hyperflex to get it in there. Decided to just run a 4 gauge from the distro block to the amp. Ran fine with it.

[Imtjnotu]

check for any major bolts in the trunk...do not do it to the flimsy frame

[CHEMMINS]

Run another run back to the battery

[Qbenjamin]

Run another run back to the battery

You do realize that he asked about a ground right? You should NEVER run a ground from the battery to the trunk. Always make your ground wire as short as possible.

[Imtjnotu]

Run another run back to the battery

only time u should ground to the batt is if u are running one(or more) in the trunk with the engine battery still up front

[Deeper_shades]

as close to the frame as possible, or directly on the frame if you can access it.

[Boomsday]

You do realize that he asked about a ground right? You should NEVER run a ground from the battery to the trunk. Always make your ground wire as short as possible.

only time u should ground to the batt is if u are running one(or more) in the trunk with the engine battery still up front

You do know that is the best ground in your whole vehicle

[ocdadhd]

You do know that is the best ground in your whole vehicle

you are an idiot if you think the best ground in a vehicle is the battery

where is the battery grounded?



OP--- the best ground would be directly to the chassis, but since it's highly unlikely you can access it, on any piece of the frame (free from paint/primer), as close to the actual chassis as possible.

[Boomsday]

you are an idiot if you think the best ground in a vehicle is the battery

where is the battery grounded?



OP--- the best ground would be directly to the chassis, but since it's highly unlikely you can access it, on any piece of the frame (free from paint/primer), as close to the actual chassis as possible.

lololol less resistance and grounding to a common point, sure seems dumb

Bunch of idiots around now adays

[winkychevelle]

wow the idiots here the neg post on the battery is the absolute best ground think about how the electricity flows when grounded to the frame here ill lay it out for you

bat + to amp + best positive run
amp - to frame, frame goes back to the bat -
amp - to bat - is the same thing only better since it is a continuous run of metal resulting in less resistance in the wire no welds or bolts to make weak points of connection

the frame is just like one big piece of wire

grounding is just a common use of a piece of conductive material to combine all negative connections

[winkychevelle]

lololol less resistance and grounding to a common point, sure seems dumb

Bunch of idiots around now adays

haa beat me to it man people are idiots nowdays

[Boomsday]

haa beat me to it man people are idiots nowdays

and the sh!tty thing is that they have a few thousand post and are the ones giving the wrong advice, they should take the time out to learn wtf they are talking about, thats why so many very good members leave or dont post much..

[winkychevelle]

and the sh!tty thing is that they have a few thousand post and are the ones giving the wrong advice, they should take the time out to learn wtf they are talking about, thats why so many very good members leave or dont post much..

yea i hear you