too many grounds

Well, I got off the phone with Eclipse TS and the tech wants me to upgrade my 8 ga grounds in my engine compartment to 4 gauge. Is it possible to have too many grounds in the engine compartment and it create engine noise in the audio system?Mark "Hamzter" Cinense

1991 Infiniti G20 w/JDM SR20DE

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No. As a suggestion, though, make sure you CREATE as many ground points as you can, don't connect multiple cables to one bolt.It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

Isn't it the opposite, too little grounds create noise? I mean, I always knew that more grounds is better...2013 Kia Rio -90a alternator

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haemphyst wrote: No. As a suggestion, though, make sure you CREATE as many ground points as you can, don't connect multiple cables to one bolt.

is that the same as one cable to 2 different points? I may have one like that in the engine compartment. If I do, I can quickly change it. you mean create as many different ground points in the engine compartment?Mark "Hamzter" Cinense

1991 Infiniti G20 w/JDM SR20DE

Eclipse CD8445

MTX Thunder 684

Polk DB6750

Polk DB6500

Optima Red Top in the Trunk

I upgraded as many grounds as I could find in my engine compartment. Battery ground to body Battery ground to frame Battery ground to engine block Alternator case to engine block Then a few grounds underneath the chassis grounding the body to the frame lol

The more points of proper electrical contact you have, the closer to a homogenous ground plane you will get. The homogenous ground plane is what you are looking for, here.It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

haemphyst wrote: The more points of proper electrical contact you have, the closer to a homogenous ground plane you will get. The homogenous ground plane is what you are looking for, here.

so in the engine compartment, should I add a couple more short 4 gauge wires to ground from the motor? I will do that... but what the Eclipse Tech said about having 1 gauge ground from the motor only did not make sense to me.Mark "Hamzter" Cinense

1991 Infiniti G20 w/JDM SR20DE

Eclipse CD8445

MTX Thunder 684

Polk DB6750

Polk DB6500

Optima Red Top in the Trunk

It couldn't hurt... I think the 1/0 is a bit overkill, though... WTH?!?! DAVE said someting was OVERKILL?!?! (I re-read your post, and you typed that the tech said 1 gauge, not 1/0. Is that what he said? Two #4 wires is the same MCM as a single #1, but NOT the same as a 1/0. IMO, two #4 wires, attached between the engine block and chassis in two different places on both ends would be more effective than a single #1 cable.)It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

I have 1 gauge in the trunk for negative to chassis. I will add more ground in the engine compartment in the next day. I don't think that will solve my engine noise problem, but I hope I at least see a difference in electrical power...Mark "Hamzter" Cinense

1991 Infiniti G20 w/JDM SR20DE

Eclipse CD8445

MTX Thunder 684

Polk DB6750

Polk DB6500

Optima Red Top in the Trunk

You should be seeing a difference. It is all about making the flow of current as efficient as possible. Current starts at the alternator, alternator is grounded to the engine. This is why the tech guy told you to upgrade the ground from the engine to the chassis. Current needs both a + and a - to flow properly. Restrict one and it restrics the flow of current.Top Secret, I can tell you but then my wife will kill me.