grounding

[bsean63 10+ year member]

so i was re-wiring my buddys system and finally got the **** bolt that was holding the ground wire down, and find out that there was no ring terminal on the end of the wire. The dude just stuck the bare wire right under the bolt

now what kind of problems could that of presented if any??

the guy who wired swears that that is the best way to do it

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[mm0142 10+ year member]

its fine as long as the wire it held in good by the bolt . still best to use a copper terminal and sand area bare .

 

[bsean63 10+ year member]

yeah the area had a THICK coating of black paint on it as well

 

[thevic24 5,000+ posts]

if ALL of the srtands were holding good under the bolt then fine i guess.

most likely that connection would get warm/hot and burn up.

just use a ring terminal and sand the sopt down to bare metal.

 

[bsean63 10+ year member]

yeah i did that lol

 

[91Chevy 10+ year member]

Technically, as long as it was sanded down (which it wasn't) and all the strands were secure, it'd work. It's still best to use a ring/spade terminal though.

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

Try running the positive to the engine block

 

[91Chevy 10+ year member]

Try running the positive to the engine block

Lawl?

 

[bsean63 10+ year member]

Try running the positive to the engine block

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[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

Lawl?

???

it stabilizes a vehicles electrical voltage when your system is playing full tilt. duh? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/*******.gif.a649d21efc0d1fd4890a6428166586c1.gif

 

[91Chevy 10+ year member]

???it stabilizes a vehicles electrical voltage when your system is playing full tilt. duh? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/*******.gif.a649d21efc0d1fd4890a6428166586c1.gif

Ohh, I thought you just ran a wire from Batt + to Batt - for that. I'll try it out.

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

Ohh, I thought you just ran a wire from Batt + to Batt - for that. I'll try it out.

no, that's just plain stupid.

run batt + to engine block.

damn noobs.

 

[rgplayer 10+ year member]

lmao yeah positive to engine only way to go... seriously though it would work if it didn't have paint still on it. That guy must have been special needs to try to ground to paint.

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

updates?