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how much difference is there to run negitive wire from battery to back? hook it direct to amp ? and chassis ground? what about more than 1 run of each power and ground when does it make more difference? as in how many rms watts? thanks for any help!
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it isn;t goin to change how many watts u get out of your amps...runnin a ground from the battery is just like groundin it to the car cause the car is grounded but the battery so..
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i meant i gonna run 2 1000w rms or 2000rms amps will i see a small big or no difference in spl with a added run of ground or running 2 runs of power and ground? compared to if i was using 2 4000rms amps with 2 or more power and ground runs
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quote:Originally posted by Crazyjoker2: You will benifit from running power and ground wire
Ya, the overall electrical resistance will be lower, and if you haven't completed the big 3(chassis to beg. battery) then a thick negative wire should help transfer power more efficiently.
^^^Pretty much if you have the money and time and room, more wire is better but with dimishing return.
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I'm fixing to do this today actually so any hints on what I should or shouldn't do? I will be running 2 1/0 strands power and 2 1/0 strands ground all the way back. Do I need to ground my front battery to the chasis the same way?
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ok what the best way to connect 2 runs of each to the batt?my terminal only have 1 0 in
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Why will running a 10-15 foot ground wire help the amp? I thought the ground was supposed to be as short as possible.
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quote:Originally posted by Crazyjoker2: You will benifit from running power and ground wire
liar!!! i listined to you and my voltage was dropping at 9.8 to hte amps with 4 1/0 power wires and the amps ground to the body. and 11.5 at the battery. so i did what you suggested and ran 1 1/0 ground wire now my voltage is at 10.4 volts. so you will benifit no doubt.
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what? either it's me or your post made no sense?
He's talkin about multi runs of wire helping and u say u had a Voltage dip to 9.8 with 4 runs so u did what someone suggested and it bumped it up 0.6v by using 1 instead of 4 runs but then go on to say "you will benefit no doubt."???????
So the less wire you use the higher the voltage one will get?
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i believe he is saying he had 4 runs of power..no ground
he ran a ground from the battery and saw his voltage drop decrease correct me if i'm wrong
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The voltage drop through copper wire will be less the through plated steel and spot welds. The body of the car was never really designed to pass the current that a very large amplifier needs.
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