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MBZ oe

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Posted: August 05, 2004 at 4:23 AM / IP Logged

I have 2 runs of 0/1 ga wire for my 2 1200.1 kicker amps and am currently using a chassis ground. I would like to use my second run for connecting directly to battery ground from cap/amp ground.

So, do you think it would be okay to use only one run of 0/1ga and split it from the capacitor to both amps? I would like to avoid having to run any more 0/1 ga through the car. But I will if it's what it takes.

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raydawg357

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Posted: August 05, 2004 at 8:04 AM / IP Logged

I would run 0/1 ga. from the battery to the cap, then to a distribution block, and have 4 ga from the distribution to the amps. Not too many amps can handle a clean connection with wires larger than 4 ga.

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ice4life8269

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Posted: August 05, 2004 at 8:10 AM / IP Logged

ray has a good point. just use a distro. block for your amps.... can i ask why you want to run the ground to the battery? did you have problems with your chassis ground?

ice4life8269

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Posted: August 05, 2004 at 8:11 AM / IP Logged

or maybe you could just re-groung the chasis with 0/1, and keep your amp grounds where they are... just a thought

MBZ oe

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Posted: August 05, 2004 at 12:28 PM / IP Logged

The reason I was going to switch one of the hot 0/1ga wires is that I have always heard that you should have a ground all the way to battery for high current applications. I haven't tested the chassis resistance but I haven't had any issues either.

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ice4life8269

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Posted: August 05, 2004 at 1:31 PM / IP Logged

i could be wrong, but i think you'll be fine if you run the ground from the batt to the chasis, and use the same gusge in the back, but i don't know who told you that about grounding, or why, but i'm almost certain that your chasis will be your best bet

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Posted: August 05, 2004 at 1:37 PM / IP Logged

raydawg357 wrote:

I have no clue what he wants to do and makes no sense.

Do as raydawg357 Run the 0/1 guage for both ground and power, then have a distro block that outputs 4 guage to the amp /cap. Just simple as that your making it harder on your self. And if your chasis is bad, then run the ground directly from the battery with a 0/1 and converted it out to a 4 gauge with a ground distroblock.

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raydawg357

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Posted: August 05, 2004 at 1:43 PM / IP Logged

Exactly. Running more 0/1 ga wire through your car would be overkill.

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Teamrf

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Posted: August 05, 2004 at 2:39 PM / IP Logged

Run one from the battery to a dist. block. Ground it on the chassis. That groung would be too long and your amp would probably overheat like hell.

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Posted: August 05, 2004 at 7:19 PM / IP Logged

i was always told that the ground should be like 18" and as big or bigger than the wire from the battery.

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