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<blockquote data-quote="helotaxi" data-source="post: 3445455" data-attributes="member: 550915"><p>1-4 ohms is an absolutely terrible ground. If your ground had 1 ohm of resistance between it and the battery negative post you would lose a volt of potential for every amp that your amplifier drew. Pull more than 4 A and the amp will go into protection. 0.5 ohms isn't really any better. 8A to shut down the amp. 15ft of 1/0 has a resistance of 0.00144 ohms. That is the kind of ground resistance that you should be looking for. If you can directly measure it with a standard DMM, it's too high.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="helotaxi, post: 3445455, member: 550915"] 1-4 ohms is an absolutely terrible ground. If your ground had 1 ohm of resistance between it and the battery negative post you would lose a volt of potential for every amp that your amplifier drew. Pull more than 4 A and the amp will go into protection. 0.5 ohms isn't really any better. 8A to shut down the amp. 15ft of 1/0 has a resistance of 0.00144 ohms. That is the kind of ground resistance that you should be looking for. If you can directly measure it with a standard DMM, it's too high. [/QUOTE]
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