Posted January 29, 200916 yr sorta noob question but ive never had this particular predicament beforeWould it be ok to run 4 awg from the ground on the batt to my amp and run 1/0 from the+ batt to a distro to my amp.i know the ground and power have to be the same awg when putting them into a amp. my car has a very poor ground in the trunk and this option will save me some money an time until i can get more 1/0 to run from the front to the back.my amp has 4 awg inputs so would i be ok doing this since i would be using both 4awg for ground and power. i do plan on upgrading the the gound to 1/0 since im goin to add a few batts but this is only temp for maybe a month.
January 29, 200916 yr is the battery in the trunk? if not then just run the 1/0 guage from the positive (amp) to the bat and use like 1.5-3 foot (if you could spare) of the 1/0 and ground it in the trunk Edited January 29, 200916 yr by dtcharneski
January 29, 200916 yr Author is the battery in the trunk? if not then just run the 1/0 guage from the positive (amp) to the bat and use like 1.5-3 foot (if you could spare) of the 1/0 and ground it in the trunkno batts in the back yet.thing is mustang have very poor grounds so i dont want to ground my amp in the trunk anymore.
January 29, 200916 yr is the battery in the trunk? if not then just run the 1/0 guage from the positive (amp) to the bat and use like 1.5-3 foot (if you could spare) of the 1/0 and ground it in the trunkno batts in the back yet.thing is mustang have very poor grounds so i dont want to ground my amp in the trunk anymore.Ground to the frame
January 29, 200916 yr Author Ground to the framei dont think i have enough 1/0 for that. basically what im asking would it be ok to run a straight 4awg ground since the amp is getting a 4awg from the disro. sorry if im frustrating but im really confused
January 29, 200916 yr Use both the body AND the extra 4ga. Do you have a seatbelt bolt close to the amp ? I prefer grounding to those. Or any solid bolt in the body.
January 29, 200916 yr Author Use both the body AND the extra 4ga. Do you have a seatbelt bolt close to the amp ? I prefer grounding to those. Or any solid bolt in the body.not a seat belt close. would the seat belt have less resistance than the batt? doubt it but would it be close?
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