grounding multiple things

[magmaGT 10+ year member]

alrite heres what prob, i got 2 one farad caps.... and an earthquake D2, now should i ground everything to the same spot, or 3 different spots or what?

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[paikiah 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by magmaGT alrite heres what prob, i got 2 one farad caps.... and an earthquake D2, now should i ground everything to the same spot, or 3 different spots or what?

One good spot, with the ground cables as short as possible. multi spots might cause ground loops, introducing unwanted sound into your system. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[My'97Ram 10+ year member]

well, it seems like you dont have too much to ground. layering one wire on top of anoter will give you a hard time.. get a distrobution block with one 4ga input and 3 8ga outputs. but just like paikiah said, make the wires as short as possible

 

[paikiah 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by My'97Ram well, it seems like you dont have too much to ground. layering one wire on top of anoter will give you a hard time.. get a distrobution block with one 4ga input and 3 8ga outputs. but just like paikiah said, make the wires as short as possible

I think an earthquake D2 would have at least a 2gauge power wire from the batt. Just make sure all your ground wires match your power wires.

If batt to fuseblock is 0/1gauge, then 0/1 gauge from ground block to chassis.

If fuseblock to amp is 4gauge, then 4 gauge from amp to ground block. A ground block will certainly make life easier if you have a few equipments to ground.

 

[My'97Ram 10+ year member]

yeah, when i typed that i guess my mind was elsewhere. i forgot he had that powerful of an amp

 

[magmaGT 10+ year member]

im running 4 guage from the battery back... so how should i wire this up... diagrhams or links if possible? thanks

 

[My'97Ram 10+ year member]

ummmm, 4ga from the battery? thats pushin it because the amp will need at least 4 ga. thats why paikiah said at least 0/1 ga wire.... then you'll have 3 or 4 4ga outputs