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My grounding problem

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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
URL: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=57193
Printed Date: October 31, 2025 at 6:45 AM


Topic: My grounding problem

Posted By: ogtmartyr
Subject: My grounding problem
Date Posted: June 06, 2005 at 9:16 PM

Sorry this is a double post, I posted in the sticky thread as well but i thought this might be answered faster.

I have a Chevy S10 from 1988. The CD player is a VJC kd-lh810. I was trying to test my grounds to see if they are ... good or bad. I hooked up the voltmeter to the ground i had on my stereo and then the positive probe onto my live lead. The volts read 14+when the car was on but then went down to no power when I turned on my headlights. I then tried hooking the ground up to my parking break (which i assume is attatched to my chasis) and tried the same thing with my power lead. This time the voltage did not drop. Is the ground bad that i had hooked up to my stereo?




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Posted By: hawn13
Date Posted: June 06, 2005 at 11:33 PM
It sounds like it might be doesn't hurt to try to move your radio ground somewhere else to see if it fixes it


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