grounding an amp
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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
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Printed Date: May 10, 2024 at 8:10 AM
Topic: grounding an amp
Posted By: armageddon
Subject: grounding an amp
Date Posted: May 30, 2005 at 5:01 PM
Hello, I have a 2005 saturn ion and since the battery is located in the back, I was wondering if it is fine if I ground the amp to the same place that the battery is grounded. Thank you
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Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: May 30, 2005 at 5:06 PM
Yes, that's fine.
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Posted By: soundmasta
Date Posted: May 31, 2005 at 9:14 AM
since when do you grond an amp? i always just ran the two power wires from the battery
Posted By: samroza
Date Posted: May 31, 2005 at 9:31 AM
Obviously no matter how you wire the amp, it will be grounded 100% of the time, or else it wouldn't work very well, would it? I'm not a hardcore enthusiast. I don't put my cars in shows. Hell, most of the time I just want a small sub to compliment my factory audio system. I've always just grounded the sub at it's mounting location and I have yet to have issues with noise or power. ------------- Sam Roza
Posted By: danieljaluise
Date Posted: May 31, 2005 at 10:34 AM
soundmasta wrote:
since when do you grond an amp? i always just ran the two power wires from the battery
dude, are you serious? why would you waste the money on a two wires the length of the car, when you can use one wire just the same.
running a ground cable all the way to the battery is a waste.
Posted By: NH VW Junky
Date Posted: May 31, 2005 at 11:26 AM
This has been the "Old School" method for years. I think it comes from the days of Full frame cars that rusted quite a bit and made grounding a bit of an issue.
Now as long as you remove any paint or protectant from the metal - you should be able to find a good ground most places in a car.
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Posted By: pimpincavy
Date Posted: May 31, 2005 at 11:31 AM
Running the ground wire directly to the battery is actually yields the best ground, its just not usually done becasue its not worth the extra time and wire it takes to do it.
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Posted By: jstruckman
Date Posted: May 31, 2005 at 5:08 PM
Grounding directly to the battery vs. to chassis has been discussed many times on these forums. Niether one is better than the other as long as you have zero resistance when referencing your ground back to the negative terminal of the battery. Again, there is a sticky written by Forbidden on the top of the forum page.
Jazzy
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Posted By: soundmasta
Date Posted: June 01, 2005 at 7:33 AM
uhhh...i was joking.
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