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Hello! I just to say to let you all know that I'm new here so i need a bit help on electrical under the hood and the back. I want to know if O.k to run multiple 1/0 gauge + and - negative on the front to back. I want 2 run or + and - to the back of the battery. Do i need to a bus bar and how do i know which one will be alright. Should i run two fuse on the front at the back of the battery? Please help me on this because I'm planning to build a ground pounder.
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Hi! Yes i have H/0 alternator on 4 door civic. I will be doing a wall setup soon when i budget money. I can do the big 3 without a problem because i got alot of tools to get it down. I'm planning to run a kinetik 1400 under the hood so how do i run multiple + and -? Do i need a bus bar and which one would be good to use. I want this setup to be a good daily ground pounder. Please help because there isn't much peoples in my area who does this.
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don't do a bussbar in the back. add another battery. if this is a daily groundpounder, you're going to need more than that little g51 battery
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The problem i having is the front battery. How am i going to run that multiple wire on single negative and positive posts. Should i fuse it? I'm planning to get probably 3 to 4 kinetik 2400 battery. My setup amp was suppose to be 3 zx2500.1 but instead i just run 2 2500.1 and 850.4 for mids. PLease help!
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you shouldnt run multiple runs of ground....i was taught that any ground wire over 18 inches can become an antenna for noise. I may be wrong but i would let the chassis be the ground. just remember to pick it back up at the front battery in my car i have 5 legs of 2/0ga from my rear buss to the steel cagearound my enclosure and then from the cage to the frame and back at the front battery two legs of 2/0ga to the front battery from the chassis does that make sense???
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I will be running two run of negative of wire to front to back of the battery. All the battery at the back will be wire in parrallel and negative wire will be earth on the chassis of the car. All power wire will be run on side of the vehicle. I want to know does anyone fuse there + wire to front to back because i was be told the catch might catch on fire if not fuses. Please help
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by kraven moorehead: [QB] you shouldnt run multiple runs of ground....i was taught that any ground wire over 18 inches can become an antenna for noise.
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running on nothing but the body metal u get resistance on the - side i would run matching numbers of + and - from front to back Batteries i run mine like this and have 0 NOISE
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I was thinking i should fuse all my positive wire for daily burping. What you all think? I don't my vehicle to catch on fire? I have been told fuses give resistance, could be true?
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Yes fuses do create resistance.... weither you decide to fuse your power wire or not is up to you. I drove my van last year daily with 12 runs of 1/0 with no fusing and I was fine. I believe if you know what you are doing and run the wire properly then you wont have any problems. However my wire ran through the firewall and inside the vehicle complelely. Will your wire be in the car or under it? It is completely up to you if you want to fuse it. But like I said I believe if you know what you are doing and properly run your wire then you would be fine without fuses imo
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if it's for daily, I'd fuse it. You never know if you might have some retarded mechanic f*cking around with stuff. OR You never know if you might get in a wreck/collision. side, rear, front, any of those could cause a very dangerous short if you aren't fusing. and use a proper size fuses for the wire
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Thank for letting me know. I think the fusing would be great for daily driven because i feel it will protect the wire and the amp from a short or catching the vehicle on fire. My screw driver hit the amp terminal and it cause a spark. When i went to check the positive wire under the hood, there was a blown fuse to protect the battery from blowing up or short.
Anyway, i need help getting two run of + and - under the hood. I don't know how I'm going add that much of terminal ring on a single battery posts? I was thinking if a buss bar would help adding wire? Someone out there must knows
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Look into some aftermarket battery post clamps from Tsunami or Streetwires. Both of them manufacture units that will acctpt dual 0ga as well as the factory wiring.
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