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<blockquote data-quote="RJesus" data-source="post: 6748108" data-attributes="member: 614865">Its perfectly normal to have some slight voltage drop. However, I would think that because you&#039;ve been checking your voltage and realized this, that you&#039;re suspicious of something... Are you having any other electrical problems? Dimming, etc? Or are you just concerned with the wiring.If you have halogen headlights, they probably dim at least a little bit when your playing your system; However, its not a problem. Halogen headlights dim practically any fluctuation in current. I have a h/o and 2 batteries, and my halogen headlights dim when I put a window down.Try playing your system for a while, then measure the voltage at the front and rear without giving the batteries a chance to be recharged. If the gap between voltages increases beyond a small fraction, then you should upgrade your ground wire.As a simple answer to your question, yes. using ring terminals and bolting them together and to the chassis will be superior to the splice tube/solder. I would also assume that the splice tube is pretty cheap, and not gold plated or copper like most ring terminals. A lot of the cheap electrical items at sears etc. are made from cheaper materials (that are less conductive).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RJesus, post: 6748108, member: 614865"] Its perfectly normal to have some slight voltage drop. However, I would think that because you've been checking your voltage and realized this, that you're suspicious of something... Are you having any other electrical problems? Dimming, etc? Or are you just concerned with the wiring. If you have halogen headlights, they probably dim at least a little bit when your playing your system; However, its not a problem. Halogen headlights dim practically any fluctuation in current. I have a h/o and 2 batteries, and my halogen headlights dim when I put a window down. Try playing your system for a while, then measure the voltage at the front and rear without giving the batteries a chance to be recharged. If the gap between voltages increases beyond a small fraction, then you should upgrade your ground wire. As a simple answer to your question, yes. using ring terminals and bolting them together and to the chassis will be superior to the splice tube/solder. I would also assume that the splice tube is pretty cheap, and not gold plated or copper like most ring terminals. A lot of the cheap electrical items at sears etc. are made from cheaper materials (that are less conductive). [/QUOTE]

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