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[JohnBoy_DIY]

Planing on amping my 6x9's and comps so i was going to have the amp under the pas seat but i cant find anywhare local to earth it. anyone done this before??
if so whare abouts did you do it ?

Thanks

[emoDUDE]

Your earth wire is actually as important as your power wire in terms of where it runs to.

All of my professional installs which I have done, have had the earth wire run back to the negative terminal on the battery, just like the power cable running to the positive.

[JohnBoy_DIY]

isent the earth supost ta b as short as posable??
not tto wory i have earthed it to the seat anyway sounds mint

[~ John Reid ~]

Your earth wire is actually as important as your power wire in terms of where it runs to.

All of my professional installs which I have done, have had the earth wire run back to the negative terminal on the battery, just like the power cable running to the positive.

ive thought if ya do it like that ya get the sound of the alternator coming thru ya speakers aswell as a friend did it and he had this problem.

[garry_noble]

erm basically the whole car body acts as and earth so in proper terms as long as you earth your amp to a clean unpainted part of the cars chassis then it would work fine

and interference is usually becos power cable and speakers wires are crossed so signal is interferred

[XRMike]

The rear seat bolt?

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The rear seat bolt?

thats where ive earthed mine works fine.

[~ John Reid ~]

mines earthed on one of the two bolts that holds the rear seat in place on one side of the seat - i think it was a while ago now.

[bassboy]

dont have the earth lead be longer than about 12"...rear seat bolt is fine...i have my 3 batteries, and amps earthed there

never run back back to the battery as apparently its more prone t pick up noise and if battery is in from the cable is as long as the positive

bassboy

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never run back back to the battery as apparently its more prone t pick up noise and if battery is in from the cable is as long as the positive

bassboy

It picks nothing up mate.

I'm running kef uni-q's, genesis amps, 7998r through a musical fidelity tube stage in a mini....

It really doesnt pick up anything

[diablosvy]

Personally I would say its a bit overkill earthing back to the battery, especially if the amp is in the boot, although in this case its probably ok.

[bassboy]

never run back back to the battery as apparently its more prone t pick up noise and if battery is in from the cable is as long as the positive

bassboy

It picks nothing up mate.

I'm running kef uni-q's, genesis amps, 7998r through a musical fidelity tube stage in a mini....

It really doesnt pick up anything

as i said apparently i have never had troubles with long earths...but IMO the shorter the better really...just a personal preference though

bassboy

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