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Join Date: May 2006 Location: alberta Posts: 100
| so i was wondering, why does my battery have 3 wires coming off for a ground? its an 03 dodge ram 1500 if yer wondering. im starting to install my system and am using new terminals and such. should i uninstall all 3 of these grounds and put just one 4 guage on? or should i keep them AND ground it again with a 4 guage? | 
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Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: edmonton, alberta, canada, Posts: 1,446
| where do they each go? have you fallowed them to where they come from? | |
| | | | | | | | CCA Hoser
Join Date: May 2006 Location: alberta Posts: 100
| the one is to the frame, and i can't see where the other two go
im guessing maybe altinator or something?
should i just keep the other two, and replace the one going to frame? | |
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Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Ottawa, ON Posts: 330
| I'd leave them and add an additional 0 awg ground (part of big 3). | |
| | | | | | | | CCA Hoser
Join Date: May 2006 Location: alberta Posts: 100
| well if i do leave them, i may aswell replace the one small one that clearly goes to the frame shouldn't i? its only like 6 inches and goes straight to it. and i also wont be using 0 guage cuz im in a pickup truck, so when i add my subs i wont need anything larger then 4 guage. cuz im only using 4 for the power wire. | |
| | | | | | | | CCA Hoser
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Vernon, BC Posts: 379
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Originally Posted by timmyturtle I'd leave them and add an additional 0 awg ground (part of big 3). | +1
Just add a run of 0awg or pretty much any other awg wire you have going to each place and you will be laughing.
The bigger the wire the better! If this is your first setup, and you get addicted to car stereo systems, its better to run 0awg so you have room to expand. Saves the hassle of having to buy two wiring kits.
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| | | | | | | | CCA Hoser
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ontario, Barrie Posts: 175
| my last trip to princess auto I bought 0 gauge welding cable for $1.83 a foot... when I got the bill I was tempted to finish off their roll... | |
| | | | | | | | CCA Hoser
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kitchener Ontario Posts: 268
| I got a premade ground from my new fav store for wiring hahaha. TSC!
Just a foot long run of 0ga with a battery clamp on one end and a eye ring on the other i ran from top post of my optima to a bolt on the chassis and I was done! YAY! | |
| | | | | | | | CCA Golden Toque
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ajax, Ontario Posts: 1,141
| no, no, no.
don't tell everybody how easy that was.....
we need to complicate the siht out of everthing. 
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| | | | | | | | CCA Hoser
Join Date: May 2006 Location: alberta Posts: 100
| haha, well this is actually my second system. and im only 18, so i wont be dumping tonnes of money into the system for awhile. but thnx for the advice | |
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