Grounding question.

[Darion 10+ year member]

Any reason not to hook ground up directly to the battery?

Thanks

Darion

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[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Cost of the extra wire, for one. The necessity of running two large guage wires through your firewall rather than one is another. Extra time spent running all that extra wire for third.

Some will argue that the wire will have more resistence than your vehicle's chassis. But I've seen reports that suggest otherwise, so I'm not going to list that as a valid reason one way or the other.

If your battery is in the trunk, no reason at all not to do it.

 

[Darion 10+ year member]

Thanks for the fast reply. I have a C5 Corvette and grounding can be an issue, thought it might be best to just run right off the battery.

Thanks again

Darion

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

what ever you do, dont drill in behind the seats. (gass tank)

 

[Darion 10+ year member]

what ever you do, dont drill in behind the seats. (gass tank)

Ya, major fubar. Gonna mount my amp rack and crossovers there, no drilling.

Thanks,

Darion

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

If your battery is in the trunk, no reason at all not to do it.

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