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Alpine Guy

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Posted: November 28, 2004 at 8:01 PM / IP Logged

so you have 2 awg power wire from the alt to the battery, , , , , but yous still have stock grounds... yeah, ,thats one hell of a bottle neck, ,, you definately gota run 2 awg from the engine to the firewall, , , then 2 awg from the batt to the fire wall. You ground always has to be the same size or bigger than your power wire.

2003 Chevy Avalanche,Eclipse CD7000,Morel Elate 5,Adire Extremis,Alpine PDX-4.150, 15" TC-3000, 2 Alpine PDX-1.1000, 470Amp HO Alt.

wayland1985

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Posted: November 28, 2004 at 8:06 PM / IP Logged

Right, but why would i need to run from the engine to the firewall? Isn't the battery to the firewall enough?

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Posted: November 28, 2004 at 8:20 PM / IP Logged

Just run it from Alt to Engine to firewall along with your battery ground. All three will meet at the engine block. You need to ground the firewall cause the body and frame have rubber insulators.

uthinkuknoaudio

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Posted: November 28, 2004 at 9:02 PM / IP Logged

The firing squad has arrived lol ... Maybe all that chrome is effecting your amp lol. Ground to the firewall. I have never had any problems doing it and its always worked out fine.

"I don't play games. I play Nakamichi and that for real yo" - Probably some japanese kid said this in the early 80's trying to sell stereo out of his trunk lol.

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Alpine Guy

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Posted: November 29, 2004 at 1:42 PM / IP Logged

wayland1985 wrote:

Right, but why would i need to run from the engine to the firewall? Isn't the battery to the firewall enough?

You need to get that (-) from the alt to the same metal as the battery which is the body metal. The engine is on rubber mounts, so theres no grounding there, , and that lil ribbon cable from the engine to the body is too flimsy to handle the new alternator.

2003 Chevy Avalanche,Eclipse CD7000,Morel Elate 5,Adire Extremis,Alpine PDX-4.150, 15" TC-3000, 2 Alpine PDX-1.1000, 470Amp HO Alt.

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