Best place for amp ground??
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Best place for amp ground??
well after attempting this many times.. one 1100 hu and almost my backup hu, im asking for the best place to ground the amp is.. i currently have itgrounded to the chassis bolt.. please give ur advise..
thanks
blake
thanks
blake
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Originally Posted by driver824
well after attempting this many times.. one 1100 hu and almost my backup hu, im asking for the best place to ground the amp is.. i currently have itgrounded to the chassis bolt.. please give ur advise..
thanks
blake
thanks
blake
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If the metal is painted somewhat, it will not cause a short, it will sometimes pick up noise thru your system. For example, I know our trunks are painted somewhat underneath the trunk lining. Just scrape any paint away to get bare metal to metal contact. The overall objective is to get a good contact ground and to avoid noise.
#5
i was thinking.. just above the rear passanger strut.. there are holes precut into the supporting frame work. i sanded down the paint and attached the amp wires to this.. is this a good ground? or is it not a direct chasis ground? sort of a dispute i had with a friend and im hoping im right...
thanks
blake
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blake
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The shock strut is not likely the best ground. But good grounds are trickier than a shop full or expensive test equipment can explain. You should look for a point on the actual chassis or unibody floor. The fewest bolted pieces and fewest welds possible. Every bolt and every weld adds resistance between the alt and amp. But don't ground to the alt because it is the noisiest ground you could choose. One of the problems with car audio, the power source is very noisey.
There are also cheap ways to find a good ground. Like using a little powered speaker, a couple test leads and a magnetic tape head. And there is another test that uses a different test lead with a resister instead of the magnetic tape head. Both tests are cheap and I think they test for different types of noise.
There are also cheap ways to find a good ground. Like using a little powered speaker, a couple test leads and a magnetic tape head. And there is another test that uses a different test lead with a resister instead of the magnetic tape head. Both tests are cheap and I think they test for different types of noise.
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