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<blockquote data-quote="brian84corvette" data-source="post: 8285812" data-attributes="member: 586635"><p>the alternator is what generates electricity on your viechle. that single piece is what is important to get the best ground possible to.</p><p></p><p>the alternator is attached to the engine by brackets and bolts so it is perfectly acceptable to ground the engine to the frame of the car - the alternator is attached to the engine and will benefit from this connection</p><p></p><p>BUT</p><p></p><p>it is in my opinion that it is better to use a negative 1/0 ground wire attachment directly to the alternator casing itself to provide the most direct route of negative electrical flow with the least amount of restrictions possible.</p><p></p><p>if you ground your engine block to the frame of the car - then for the negative ground electrical current from your alternator must travel thru the bolts that hold the alternator in place - thru the brackets that hold the alternator to the engine block - thru those bolts going thru the bracket in to the engine block - and then finaly thru the engine block itself to the copper 1/0 wire you added to frame or battery negative ground. then thru the frame it self to your other connection of 1/0 wire going up to your battery negative terminal = that right there is alot of diffrent pieces and connections that need to flow the negative electrical to make it back to battery negative</p><p></p><p>think of your self as the negative electrical flow in your viechle. now find and travel the path you must take starting at your alternator casing and finaly end up at the battery negative terminal. wouldnt it be so much eazier nicer and less restrictive if you had a nice 1/0 copper wire directly attaching the alternator casing and ending up at battery negative ? thats only 2 connections to flow thru and a nice conductive piece of large guage wire....</p><p></p><p>idk maby im silly with it - but thats just me... and my theory and opinions on it.</p><p></p><p>ignore the 4 guage blue power wire on this photo - i replaced it with red 1/0 when i finaly got the propper size anl fuzes and fuze blocks...</p><p></p><p>but this picture shows my negative run. starting at the battery negative - it runs over to a bolt that holds the alternator in place - and since im using the dual 1/0 wire terminal blocks - i used the other wire coming directly off of that to jump over and down and mount directly on my frame rail.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s214.photobucket.com/user/brian84corvette/media/045_zps71287e9d.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc279/brian84corvette/045_zps71287e9d.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brian84corvette, post: 8285812, member: 586635"] the alternator is what generates electricity on your viechle. that single piece is what is important to get the best ground possible to. the alternator is attached to the engine by brackets and bolts so it is perfectly acceptable to ground the engine to the frame of the car - the alternator is attached to the engine and will benefit from this connection BUT it is in my opinion that it is better to use a negative 1/0 ground wire attachment directly to the alternator casing itself to provide the most direct route of negative electrical flow with the least amount of restrictions possible. if you ground your engine block to the frame of the car - then for the negative ground electrical current from your alternator must travel thru the bolts that hold the alternator in place - thru the brackets that hold the alternator to the engine block - thru those bolts going thru the bracket in to the engine block - and then finaly thru the engine block itself to the copper 1/0 wire you added to frame or battery negative ground. then thru the frame it self to your other connection of 1/0 wire going up to your battery negative terminal = that right there is alot of diffrent pieces and connections that need to flow the negative electrical to make it back to battery negative think of your self as the negative electrical flow in your viechle. now find and travel the path you must take starting at your alternator casing and finaly end up at the battery negative terminal. wouldnt it be so much eazier nicer and less restrictive if you had a nice 1/0 copper wire directly attaching the alternator casing and ending up at battery negative ? thats only 2 connections to flow thru and a nice conductive piece of large guage wire.... idk maby im silly with it - but thats just me... and my theory and opinions on it. ignore the 4 guage blue power wire on this photo - i replaced it with red 1/0 when i finaly got the propper size anl fuzes and fuze blocks... but this picture shows my negative run. starting at the battery negative - it runs over to a bolt that holds the alternator in place - and since im using the dual 1/0 wire terminal blocks - i used the other wire coming directly off of that to jump over and down and mount directly on my frame rail. [URL="http://s214.photobucket.com/user/brian84corvette/media/045_zps71287e9d.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc279/brian84corvette/045_zps71287e9d.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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