upgrade grounds

[93 saturn sl2 10+ year member]

Im thinking about upgrading my grounds for the battery to chassis, and engine block. Is it worth using 1/0g over 4g?

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[PatFitz9 10+ year member]

yes

 

[White Rascal 10+ year member]

For that short of a cable 4awg is plenty IMO

 

[danteBirosel 5,000+ posts]

1/0 awg over 4awg?!?! HELLLLLLLLLL YEEEEEEEEEEEES.

its a perfect change.

 

[93 saturn sl2 10+ year member]

The batt to chassis is about a foot and the batt to engine block is about 2 feet. Im only running about 680WRMS.

 

[White Rascal 10+ year member]

If you can hear a difference in your stereo between 4awg and 0awg you've got better ears than any dog I know.

This is a perfect case of diminishing returns here. You're spending more for the larger gage cable for, IMO, no sonic improvement.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Easy way to solve this.

Run the numbers and calculate the voltage drop due to each //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[M@nJo 10+ year member]

4ga will do enough. go with 1/0ga for headroom in the future (just in case //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif)

 

[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

If you can hear a difference in your stereo between 4awg and 0awg you've got better ears than any dog I know.
This is a perfect case of diminishing returns here. You're spending more for the larger gage cable for, IMO, no sonic improvement.

you're spending like $.30 more. I'm pretty sure that unless you live in etheopia.. you can afford that much.

and its gauge. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[93 saturn sl2 10+ year member]

1/0 gauge on knu is like $2 so I'll just get that I guess.

Thanks

 

[Montypup 10+ year member]

Honestly, unless you're running 3000+ watts, that run is so short that there is no difference between 4 and 0ga.

 

[93 saturn sl2 10+ year member]

Well I already ordered the 1/0 gauge so....