What would the point of this be?
04-24-2006, 01:22 AM
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What would the point of this be?
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After market grounds? Is this ligit or a scam? Maybe i am just lost.
After market grounds? Is this ligit or a scam? Maybe i am just lost.
04-24-2006, 10:46 AM
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I don't get it....
What's with that round plate holding 8 "ground" wires? Is it suppose to come with all those wires, or is it just the terminal and 1 ground wire?
Whatever it is.....it looks pretty stupid to me.
What's with that round plate holding 8 "ground" wires? Is it suppose to come with all those wires, or is it just the terminal and 1 ground wire?
Whatever it is.....it looks pretty stupid to me.
04-24-2006, 01:41 PM
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the purpose is to upgrade the factory useless grounds (if you have anything aftermarket you are overloading the factory 12 gauge ground wire) number one cause of electrical problems in a car is bad grounds (your body ground is actuallu a 20 gauge wire so if grounding an amp that 8 gauge wire is useless)
04-26-2006, 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by NoRiceInside
why do you guys think its a scam just? the fact that its useless doesnt make it a scam.
i do see the point of upgrading your grounds, but an 8-way splitter is rediculous.
i do see the point of upgrading your grounds, but an 8-way splitter is rediculous.
04-26-2006, 02:01 PM
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it is also used for factory grounds so instead of grounding them to the chasis the ground goes directly to the batt to get a 100% good connection (unless ur batt or terminals are messed up) my friend has one on his neon and it does look good under the hood
04-26-2006, 03:28 PM
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Well, thankfully I don't have to worry about that with the Powercell I'm running. All my Audio Equiptment runs through the 0 Gauge power cable from my car battery, back to the Powercell (battery) where everything is hooked to it. I'm running 0 gauge ground from the Powercell to the distribution block, then 4 gauge ground to the big amp, and 8 gauge to the 4ch amp.
That little cubby hole back where the stock sub was, sure makes for a great place to store a second battery.
That little cubby hole back where the stock sub was, sure makes for a great place to store a second battery.
04-26-2006, 04:41 PM
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Trying to find a good ground in the trunk on the Camaro was a bish if I remember. All fiberglass. I also remember that grounds need to be very short runs too. So running it all the way back to the battery seems to defeat that purpose of having a 100% ground.