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<blockquote data-quote="brian84corvette" data-source="post: 8285875" data-attributes="member: 586635"><p>copper wire will flow negative electrical current alot nicer than steel frame rails / or unibody structure</p><p></p><p>nobody wants to spend that money on a long expensive dedicated 1/0 negative wire run when it can be pawned off to a frame rail</p><p></p><p>but think about it - do you want to feed your amp electricity with a baby spoon or a gigantic soup ladel ?</p><p></p><p>everyone uses nice thick copper wire for the positive side of things - but then use a crappy unibody structure or a 10+ year old frame rail to carry the negative flow of things all the way back up front to battery negative..... its similar to a pirate with a wooden peg leg trying to run a race. one leg ( + ) of the system is good - the other leg ( - ) of the system is no where near as effective as the first. but to be a complete system they both must function and count on eachother to do work.</p><p></p><p>your system is only as strong as its weakest link.</p><p></p><p>also in my system - my runs of positive and negative to the rear go to the back battery bank. then the amps are wired from the back battery bank + and -</p><p></p><p>please excuse my messy wiring back there - im in the process of moving stuff around still</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s214.photobucket.com/user/brian84corvette/media/024_zps38110b2b.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc279/brian84corvette/024_zps38110b2b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brian84corvette, post: 8285875, member: 586635"] copper wire will flow negative electrical current alot nicer than steel frame rails / or unibody structure nobody wants to spend that money on a long expensive dedicated 1/0 negative wire run when it can be pawned off to a frame rail but think about it - do you want to feed your amp electricity with a baby spoon or a gigantic soup ladel ? everyone uses nice thick copper wire for the positive side of things - but then use a crappy unibody structure or a 10+ year old frame rail to carry the negative flow of things all the way back up front to battery negative..... its similar to a pirate with a wooden peg leg trying to run a race. one leg ( + ) of the system is good - the other leg ( - ) of the system is no where near as effective as the first. but to be a complete system they both must function and count on eachother to do work. your system is only as strong as its weakest link. also in my system - my runs of positive and negative to the rear go to the back battery bank. then the amps are wired from the back battery bank + and - please excuse my messy wiring back there - im in the process of moving stuff around still [URL="http://s214.photobucket.com/user/brian84corvette/media/024_zps38110b2b.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc279/brian84corvette/024_zps38110b2b.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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