Ground wire from cap?

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Topic: Ground wire from cap?

Posted By: pureRF
Subject: Ground wire from cap?
Date Posted: August 23, 2003 at 3:30 PM

How do you wire a cap into the power wire? Is there a ground wire needed? Any wire diagrams would be great thanks

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Posted By: CruisinS&S
Date Posted: August 23, 2003 at 7:16 PM

If you have a dist. block just hook it up to an output of it as you would do with an amp. you have to run a ground wire from the (-) terminal to the chasis in the car

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Posted By: Ketel22
Date Posted: August 23, 2003 at 7:48 PM

the cap gets splice into the positive line of the amp with its own ground. the seperate ground keeps the amp's ground shorter which lessens chances of over heating

Posted By: pureRF
Date Posted: August 23, 2003 at 9:12 PM

any diagrams?

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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: August 24, 2003 at 8:38 AM

Try this, copied from the Basic Car Audio Electronics web site:

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Posted By: pureRF
Date Posted: August 24, 2003 at 8:47 AM

Alright i get the idea now thanks a lot
chris

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