How are you guys grounding your head unit?

[vpkb1998 10+ year member]

I'm getting very low output to the amp with various head units claiming 4V+, now i'm getting minor crackles. I've alway used the factory ground via the factory harness, could this be my problem?

How is your head unit grounded?

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[shava 10+ year member]

0 Gauge to the battery.

Factory ****, works fine for me.

 

[J31Rob 5,000+ posts]

0 Gauge to the battery.

How do you plan on running 1/0 from tha back of your headunit? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif

 

[vpkb1998 10+ year member]

X2, i'm confused with your response??

 

[bball09124 10+ year member]

sarcasm much?

 

[J31Rob 5,000+ posts]

sarcasm much?

Sarcasm/Retardation.. meh, same thing.

 

[meistah 10+ year member]

yeah you need at least 4gauge ground wire for your headunit...dont want it to be a weak point in your system....

hahahah, i cant believe more than one person took shava seriously....as long as its a good ground wire (not corroded) you should be fine there...sounds like its a problem with smth else...maybe rcas or your speakers...

 

[ChedNompton 10+ year member]

I grounded my DEH-P880PRS in the harness and grounded the chassis of the head-unit to the chassis of the car to be safe. But I myself would add another ground to your head-unit and see if it helps, I mean its only a couple minutes time and 50 cents of parts. Also check this thread.... http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=198477

Good luck with your problem.

 

[JohnnyChuttz 10+ year member]

I have my 880PRS grounded the same way and have 0 noise.

 

[blimblam 10+ year member]

..dont all you have to do is connect the ground wire from your harness to the headunit's ground wire? DAMMIT IM NEWBISH!

 

[brad1011a 10+ year member]

You can make the ground wire larger than the power wire, but that makes no sense. I have a few things to ground, so I ran 8g to a seat bolt under the carpet. My factory harness has a tiny wire.

 

[SRim23 5,000+ posts]

..dont all you have to do is connect the ground wire from your harness to the headunit's ground wire? DAMMIT IM NEWBISH!

thats all ive ever done and ive never had any problems.....

 

[XHiFiX 10+ year member]

I ground mine directly to the neg batt terminal with ordinary 12ga automotive wire. But because I'm anal, I also ground the HU chassis to the factory ground (even though I know it's already grounded internally). //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/hitbybrick.gif.68a672fae224041f00769a97c2c1bf2d.gif

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

Grounded to chassis via 2 16awg (speaker wire) cables

 

[vpkb1998 10+ year member]

where did you ground, the trunk or behind the dash?