no ground wire in harness

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Topic: no ground wire in harness

Posted By: jvsutton
Subject: no ground wire in harness
Date Posted: October 05, 2011 at 11:30 AM

I just got in the JVC stereo I won on ebay and there is no ground wire in the harness. I can tell where it used to be, but the connector inside the harness has been broken. Is it ok just to ground the chassis of the radio and let that be the ground?

Thanks

Replies:

Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: October 05, 2011 at 12:10 PM

Yes, that will be just fine.

Posted By: jvsutton
Date Posted: October 05, 2011 at 12:54 PM

Thanks, I appreciate the fast response. I thought it'd be okay, but wanted to ask. Since I'm still at work and won't be installing it til this afternoon.

Posted By: jvsutton
Date Posted: October 06, 2011 at 2:44 PM

It works great. I attached the ground wire to one of the mounting screws on the side of radio.

Hopefully if anyone else has this question this will help them out.

Thanks,

Posted By: ac0j
Date Posted: October 07, 2011 at 11:38 PM

Actually, In most cases the antenna will supply all the ground you need.

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