Perhaps it's time for a ground bus, Steve?
Farrar
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Perhaps it's time for a ground bus, Steve?
Farrar
3.0L, automatic, carbureted
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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My VIN: 16510 and carbureted
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Location: Fort Lauderdale
Posts: 4,740
My VIN: 02613
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I have the cable and terminals but nothing else. You need a special crimp tool for that size of cable, but Bill said he had success soldering the terminals on. So I will need heat-shrink plus all of the necessary hardware for installation. I will probably tackle this project the next time I have the center console removed.
Farrar
3.0L, automatic, carbureted
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The idea comes from railroad locomotives, which are frame neutral. They have a bus from the hood to the cab into which every negative is tied (negatives are not attached to the frame -- in fact there is a ground fault relay that will trip if any negative voltage is detected on the frame. Trips for positive shorts too).
Bill Robertson
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I've seen the pictures of Bill's ground wire set up. It looks like it takes a while to do since he taps into all those bundles of black ground wires. There must be a dozen of those all around the car. Bill do you solders all of those connections? Is is bad to use the cables that already have the terminals crimped on?
Chris Miles
For Better or Worse I own a DeLorean!
1983 Grey Manual, VIN #16409, Fresno, California
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Does that setup create a ground loop or audible whine through the radio? I had run a long ground from my HU to the battery on my previous car and could not get rid of the alternator whine.
Brandon S.
2014 Honda Civic EX
2007 Volvo S60R
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