STNC

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Ok,

I'm about to start "The Big Three"

Link: http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=152355

Question: Does anyone have the lengths of these wires so I can order the right length of wire and not spend too much?

1) Alternator Positive to Battery Positive (optional fuse)


2) Battery Negative to Chassis


3) Chassis to Engine Block

Also, should I fuse the alternator positive to battery positive?

Tcguy85

8 feet will do. i ordered 10 and had about 2 left.

i didn't fuse the alt to bat+. i don't feel a need to.

STNC

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do you have any pictures of the install?

Tcguy85

yup... sure do. excuse the dirtyness.

chicotunner07

so what exactly does this do?

clean install dude^^

Tcguy85

helps your electrical system handle heavier loads caused by powerful stereo systems.

will slightly increase your overall voltage and reduce voltage dips on heavy transients in music.

and thank you.

STNC

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Thank You So Much!

It makes me happy to see fellow KnuConeptz users! Thats 0/1 right?

ryomanmkiii

An old co-worker and I decided to this on his truck because I made sense to us. More wire, more paths available for current flow. We use 4awg wire on top of the wire that was already there. Does anybody think that's a bad idea? We were just worried about somehow making a ground loop. It worked just fine and we were able to an improvement with a mulitmeter. I just want to get some opinions.

lil_will

It's fine to leave the OEM wiring.

ryomanmkiii

That's what we figured. Plus we had no 1/0 awg wire. I've got a decent length piece I'm going to use for the ground but it's all I could scavenge up. I wanted use the actual chassis ( the chassis chassis of the car) so I could get a heavy duty ground but I think just beef up the wire at the OEM point is more than sufficient .

Air2TheThrown

What's the length from the Alternator positive to the Battery positive? I want the positive part to be red and the negatives to be black that's why.

STNC

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x2!

Tcguy85

from alt positive to bat positive i'd say grab 4 feet, maybe 5 to be safe. you could always whip out a tape measure and make sure.

then 4 feet should be fine for both of the other ground wires. then grab 6 crimp ends. and to crimp them don't worry bout buying a crimp tool, i just used a hammer and my garage floor.

STNC

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Roger that, what if i wanted to run the cable from the back of the block?

STNC

iTrader: (1)

And is this a replacement cable for the positive? or an extra cable? And if it is a replacement cable, which one is it?

Tcguy85

idk man. get out the tape measure and see. i didn't mind it being seen. it looks cool anyway IMO.

mike6789k

going to be doing this soon to try and reduce my alternator whine

yes my amp ground is good... HU ground not so good but ima fix that too

Tcguy85

it's an extra cable. you aren't replacing anything, just adding more.

STNC

iTrader: (1)

what size screw is this?

and if i go ahead and replace the original negative wires with 1/0, that wont hurt anything will it?

Tcguy85

i thinks it's a 10mm, but could be a 12mm. its been a while.

i wouldn't replace anything, just run extra wires. the more grounding wires the better.