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dangermouse78

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Posted: April 05, 2008 at 11:47 AM / IP Logged

I'm grounding my amp i have a piece of 0 gauge power wire left and want to know if i can use that. Or do i have to buy 0 gauge ground wire, i also want to ground my head unit i was told to ground it with atleast 16 gauge is this correct.

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Posted: April 05, 2008 at 12:08 PM / IP Logged

Wire is wire. The only difference between "power" and "ground" wire is the color.

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dangermouse78

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Posted: April 05, 2008 at 1:39 PM / IP Logged

ok thanks now with the head unit do i ground it using the ground on the harness or use the 16 gauge and ground it to the chasis of the car.

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Posted: April 06, 2008 at 2:31 AM / IP Logged

Either one will work for ya. Doesn't really matter i've never had issues doing either way.

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