Feel retarded askin... wiring.....

 

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Username: Greggs25

Post Number: 1
Registered: Apr-06
so i have a 20 foot 4 gauge wire from battery to amp.... and for the ground wire... i have a 2 foot 8 gauge... will anything change if i change the 8 gauge to a 4gauge??? thanks...
 

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Username: Highstone

Post Number: 106
Registered: Mar-06
if you change it to 4 gauge; if anything it will make it better. (it will not go worse).
second, usually the wire from the battery and the ground wire should be the same gauge. Plus try to keep you ground as short as possible.(2 foot might a little big. try to keep it between 1 foot and 18 inches.. but off-course you can go shorter than a foot on ground)
 

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Username: Car1

Post Number: 4
Registered: Apr-06
wot will happen if you have the ground smaller then the battery wire?
 

Gold Member
Username: Theelfkeeper

Stockbridge, GA USA

Post Number: 1687
Registered: Feb-05
it'll basically be just like having a bad ground. current can flow to the amp easily, but not from it back to the battery. kinda a back up if you wanna look at it that way.
 

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Username: Scott_debaker

Pittsburgh, P.A. U.S.A.

Post Number: 161
Registered: Feb-06
y u gota have the ground shorted than 18 inches?
 

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Username: Theelfkeeper

Stockbridge, GA USA

Post Number: 1699
Registered: Feb-05
yes, you want the ground as short as possible. it won't ground properly and you'll get noise in the system.
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