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Old Sep 27, 2006 | 06:18 PM
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dumb question: which wire is the ground on the wire harness?

Ok, this might seem dumb, but I've bought 3 different wire harnesses and none of them have a solid black (ground) wire on them. The last one I bought was the Metra 70-7550 from Crutchfield. The only "ground" on it is the "amplifier shield ground" on the smaller plug. Is this what I should be using? I have included a link where I scanned the sheet that came with it. The reason I'm so concerned is I need a ground to disable the parking brake sensor on my Kenwood DDX6019.

http://members.***.net/wope/wh.jpg

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Old Sep 27, 2006 | 06:25 PM
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There isnt one. The screws that mount the factory brackets ground the radio to metal. Just use bare metal.

Sucks that you bought 3 harnesses for that reason. Live and learn.
Old Sep 27, 2006 | 07:08 PM
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ground it to the black wire
Old Sep 27, 2006 | 07:26 PM
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Jitiola, do not post misinformation that will only confuse people and cause more newb-like threads, no offense to wope.

Wope, disregard the above post, and like I said, simply screw your ground to bare metal.
Old Sep 27, 2006 | 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by jitiola
ground it to the black wire

Very bad info. If you dont know what your talking about, dont post it.
Old Sep 28, 2006 | 04:34 AM
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Definately ground it to the chassis somewhere forget grounding it to the harness as you'll get a better ground from the chassis anyways.
Old Sep 28, 2006 | 04:54 AM
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Definately ground it to the chassis somewhere forget grounding it to the harness as you'll get a better ground from the chassis anyways.

Chassis will give you A ground. Harness doesnt have one at all.
Old Sep 28, 2006 | 05:50 AM
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True true.
Old Sep 29, 2006 | 07:17 AM
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True true.

yea i ran into the same problem......i just grounded to metal
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