DC/DC converter help

[texicanz 10+ year member]

i bought a jvc kd-shx850 head unit and it has a dc/dc converter and i was wondering if it has to be grounded when you mount it

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[texicanz 10+ year member]

does anybody knows ?

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

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[texicanz 10+ year member]

so it be fine just to mount the dc/dc converter to bare metal

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

if there's a ground for it then ya how about apic of what your talkin about.

edit: after lookin at the manual for that unit all you have to do is make sure the convertor is connected to the head unit via the plug and screw the piece into something that it will secure to. and make sure that there are no cords near the unit as it will cause noise.

http://resources.jvc.com/Resources/00/00/94/LVT1371-002A.pdf

 

[texicanz 10+ year member]

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

like i said before just make sure you have that convertor attatched to soemthing to keep it out of the way and make sure no rca cables are near it or speaker wire as it will cause noise. as it siad in the manual

 

[z31joe]

yes, that dc/dc converter needs to be grounded. there's a picture or drawing that shows the converter being screwed down with an arrow pointing to a ground symbol. its on page 3(part A) in the installation manual.

like horse man said that converter will make create some EMI(electromagnetic interference), so try not to run any wire carrying audio signals near it.

good luck