Ground wire????

[Groundpounder22 10+ year member]

Do you need to have a short or long ground for your amp? I was told you always make your grounds short.

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[gckless 5,000+ posts]

Doesn't matter as long as the terminations are good and the wire size is sufficient for the load that's on it.

 

[Groundpounder22 10+ year member]

Thanks alot!

 

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

if you have the money and space have your ground wire connect back up to your battery.

 

[Below20hzonly 10+ year member]

really why, i thought you were suppose to run it back to the alternator ground

if you have the money and space have your ground wire connect back up to your battery.

 

[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

really why, i thought you were suppose to run it back to the alternator ground

a ground is a ground. and the source of that ground is the battery. so there is no better place.

 

[Below20hzonly 10+ year member]

ok

a ground is a ground. and the source of that ground is the battery. so there is no better place.

 

[All_Logix 10+ year member]

I agree, running it back to the engine bay will cut down on the potential for voltage drops through the chassis, but I would connect to Alt ground as opposed to battery. Will it make a difference, maybe not but there is the potential that the capacitance of the battery would introduce noise if connected directly to the battery terminal.

 

[cdc351jeferson 10+ year member]

your front battery is not a ground its grounded to the frame which can be done from the trunk get a good ground to the frame in the back and its the same thing with less money spent on wire

 

[IonRL205 10+ year member]

I always thought the ground wire was supposed to be short

 

[cdc351jeferson 10+ year member]

doesnt technically matter its more of what you connect it to i prefer just popping a hole in the trunk and going into the frame under car rather than another 0guage run up front

 

[Groundpounder22 10+ year member]

Thanks for all ur input. I thought the shorter the gnd the less resistance u have. But okay.

 

[nu2spl 10+ year member]

Thanks for all ur input. I thought the shorter the gnd the less resistance u have. But okay.

good quality wire has a very low resistance through out the size ranges,from 8 awg all the way through 0,0/1 awg.i use 0/1 awg for my amp and mine is grounded in the trunk to the frame and to the 4 batts in my trunk my grounds are only 15" long

 

[TaylorFade 10+ year member]

Duh. You ground it to the ground.

You're welcome.

 

[nu2spl 10+ year member]

Duh. You ground it to the ground.
You're welcome.

LMAO nice one