Grounds...

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

yes, the 200 at the bottom position, you want the meeter to read as close to 0 as possibal.

 

[nbudros 10+ year member]

Ok so if it reads 0 thats perfect?

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

You'll never reach 0. Most likely you'll see between 1 and 4 ohms on a good connection.

 

[nbudros 10+ year member]

Would 0 be if i grounded it through myself.

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

no

 

[nbudros 10+ year member]

oh... is a person a good ground? Ie if they are standing out side on the ground

 

[fwb_1234 10+ year member]

You'll never reach 0. Most likely you'll see between 1 and 4 ohms on a good connection.

Really, that high?

Why would a unibody make finding a ground more difficult.

My ground is a ring terminal screwed into sanded off metal & soldered.

 

[lostdaytomorrow 10+ year member]

You should have less than .5 ohms at a good ground spot.

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

Turn the meter to ohms and touch the leads of the dmm together; this will give you the resistance of the meter itself. Subtract this from the result of measuring the resistance of the ground. You will get a more precise value.

 

[mokedaddy 5,000+ posts]

Run it to the front battery since you are running a battery in the rear.

 

[nbudros 10+ year member]

Thats what I planned on doing I was just trying to learn more...

sup moke

 

[mokedaddy 5,000+ posts]

all electrical in the vehicle grounds to the battery, thus the ideal ground. For low current applications you can just ground to the frame and let the frame ground back to the battery but for higher amperage it is best to run a ground to the battery up front as there is much less resistance in properly sized wire than there is in the frame.

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

all electrical in the vehicle grounds to the battery, thus the ideal ground. For low current applications you can just ground to the frame and let the frame ground back to the battery but for higher amperage it is best to run a ground to the battery up front as there is much less resistance in properly sized wire than there is in the frame.

From what I've heard the average unibody has the resistance approximately equal to 2 gauge wire. Actual solid box frames have current carrying capacity far exceeding 1/0 wire.

 

[mokedaddy 5,000+ posts]

From what I've heard the average unibody has the resistance approximately equal to 2 gauge wire. Actual solid box frames have current carrying capacity far exceeding 1/0 wire.

Its too bad almost no one uses box frames anymore except for trucks. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

Also those numbers dont include the added resistance of spot welds, paint, dirt, etc.

 

[Tiger Bass 5,000+ posts]

If you already have a pretty good ground but want to make it a little better, soldering it will help make the connection solid.