Ground Wire

I've always thought (and been told) to wire the ground wire to the chassis. But recently, I have seen negative battery terminals with wire inputs. Is it better to wire the ground directly into the negative terminal on the battery?

Thanks.

Some installers insist on ensuring a minimum resistance exists and will upgrade the connection from the negative terminal on the battery to the chassis. 

Additionally, it is always best practice to ground all devices to the chassis with as short a wire as possible.  The car is the LARGEST cable/surface area in the car.  Use it to your advantage.

Jlos

hahaha I deleted my post by accident...umm I would say that theoretically going straight to the negative terminal would provide the best connection, but at the same time you're having to lengthen the ground wire which could cause interference issues in some vehicles.  But yes, basically what you're doing is bypassing both the vehicle's chassis and that wire from the chassis to the negative terminal.

Obviously if you were gonna go straight to the negative terminal I'd use the biggest friggin wire you could get your hands on

Here's that link again if anyone needs it:

http://www.eatel.net/~amptech/elecdisc/battgrnd.htm