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phamine

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Posted: December 01, 2004 at 1:35 PM / IP Logged

How would someone make the mistake of doing this and why is it detrimental?

I am regrounding my engine. Would this diagram of my engine bay create a ground loop?

The circled areas are the grounding points. The red lines are my routing of the ground wires.

What exactly is a Ground Loop? -- posted image.

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dxav

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Posted: December 01, 2004 at 3:07 PM / IP Logged

I would suggest grounding each component separately. Absolutely minimally, remove the cable between the left shock tower, and the intake manifold, but you will still have imposed ground loops.

A ground loop occurs when there is more than one ground connection path between any two components. Having more than one path to ground forms the equivalent of a antenna which picks up interference.

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phamine

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Posted: December 01, 2004 at 7:02 PM / IP Logged

What exactly is a Ground Loop? -- posted image.

Would this be better? The ground wire are one to one now.

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dxav

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Posted: December 02, 2004 at 8:01 AM / IP Logged

It is better, yes, but not the best. You should be fine with this design.

Did my description make sense?

Good Luck,

DXAV

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phamine

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Posted: December 02, 2004 at 9:58 AM / IP Logged

Yes it does. Thank you.

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realitycheck

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Posted: December 02, 2004 at 10:22 AM / IP Logged

Hey man heres you a link to one done on a 7thgen civic and what he noticed about the benefits of it. http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=155307

Learning the trade one fiberglass creation at a time!

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