More Amp-erage(still about wiring amps!)

[marc_scirocco at sympatico.ca (Mtl-Marc)]

IMHO ground wiring should be as big as possible so there is as few volt
drops between the battery ground and the equipment ground. Best if it is one
central point too.

It does not matter too much for lamp wiring, but for audio equipment it is
very important to help keep the electrical noise down.

Cheers.

Marc


> 
> Many people will run a heavy gauge power wire while ignoring 
> the ground wire's size. It is almost always shorter, so it 
> doesn't have to be as heavy, but it should be at least 10 or 8 gauge.
> Just an addition to my earlier wiring post; wrap the wire in 
> tape where it goes under the back seat. This prevents the 
> insulation from getting damaged. 
> I usually run it through one of the openings in the frame for 
> the seat.
> John
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daun Yeagley" <vwdaun@yahoo.com>
> To: "John S. Lagnese" <jlagnese@massed.net>; "Scirocco list" 
> <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>; "Jim Jarrett" <jarrett@rpa.net>
> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 9:27 AM
> Subject: Re: More Amp-erage
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > --- "John S. Lagnese" <jlagnese@massed.net> wrote:
> >
> >> It is also good to run heavier speaker wire than the 
> stock. 14 gauge 
> >> is usually a reasonable alternative, although 12 gauge is 
> preferable.
> >
> > Ahem, while cleaning the car last night I noticed that I 
> have melted a 
> > lot of insulation off the ground wire.  This stems from the 
> larger amp 
> > I recently installed in a hurry, not thinking about upgrading the 
> > wire.  That will have to be remedied today, since a roadtrip is 
> > immenent.
> >
> >
> > Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
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> > '88 Scirocco Slegato (Gino!) '96 Passat GLX Wagon
> > '56 Cessna 172
> > The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts - 
> > Ehrlich's Law.
> >
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