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<blockquote data-quote="the_drew" data-source="post: 5526771" data-attributes="member: 606690"><p>you want your ground wires to be as short as possible because you want them to have less resistance than the rca cables. if you run a cable from the battery to the frame and make it as short as possible that could help. then keep your grounds at the amps as short as possible you will make those the path of least resistance. a ground loop is caused when the power uses the rca for ground because there is too much resistance on the ground wire. so instead of running straight to ground and taking the noise to ground it loops back through your rca and injects noise into the pre amp ic. remember electricity is like water it will always take the path of least resistance. you also want to make sure you use a good size gauge wire for a ground. i see it all the time&nbsp; someone will use 4 or 2 g wire for the hot side and 8 gauge for the ground then they cant understand why they have noise. and make sure your ground point is clean metal (no paint, rust or anything)</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="the_drew, post: 5526771, member: 606690"] you want your ground wires to be as short as possible because you want them to have less resistance than the rca cables. if you run a cable from the battery to the frame and make it as short as possible that could help. then keep your grounds at the amps as short as possible you will make those the path of least resistance. a ground loop is caused when the power uses the rca for ground because there is too much resistance on the ground wire. so instead of running straight to ground and taking the noise to ground it loops back through your rca and injects noise into the pre amp ic. remember electricity is like water it will always take the path of least resistance. you also want to make sure you use a good size gauge wire for a ground. i see it all the time someone will use 4 or 2 g wire for the hot side and 8 gauge for the ground then they cant understand why they have noise. and make sure your ground point is clean metal (no paint, rust or anything) [/QUOTE]

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