update on alternator noise over speakers

Lawrence C Leung l.leung at juno.com
Sun Dec 10 00:28:52 EST 2000


If you wire ALL of your grounds directly to the battery (to avoid ground
loops) you also gain the benefit of one really large capacitor in
parallel to the head and amps. 

LL - NY

On Sat, 9 Dec 2000 19:34:56 -0500 "TM" <t44tq at mindspring.com> writes:
>Huw, and anyone else knowledgeable on this topic-
>Is wiring the ground to the negative battery terminal a bad idea?
>
>I'm going to try to undertake my stereo install this weekend (I have
>Monday off as well), but am a bit unclear about this part. The hacks
>that did my last system grounded the amp to a bolt in the rear deck.
>
>I plan on cheating a bit and using one of the pre-made amp wiring 
>kits
>if they work well. Something of decent quality, though- probably a
>Fosgate or Streetwires kit.
>
>Taka
>



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