Wiring Help

falkenbd · Post by **falkenbd** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:56 pm

Here is a wiring question for you all.

I currently have 0/1 Gauge from my battery to my trunk. It is then run into a distro block where 4 or 8 gauge goes to each of my amps.

The amps are one on each side of the trunk, and it takes about 4.5 feet of wire to go from the distro block around the corner of the truck to the amp.

The way I currently have it wired, the Ground is under the back seat and I use about 8 inches of 0/1 guage to go into another distro block. As with the power wire about 4.5 feet is required to go to the amp.

What is a better solution?

Here are my options:

1 - Leave it as is (Does this make my ground wires too long?)
2 - Use 1-2 feet of 4 or 8 to ground each amp on its own behind the carpet (I 'm not sure if I can do this)
3 - Place the ground and distro block near the spare tire and run 2-3 feet of ground wire from the distro block to each amp
4 - Get a reducer for each amp and run like 8" of 0/1 to a few inches of 4 or 8

Some of these options are cheaper than others - Which are feasible or the best? Any other ideas?

smoker · Post by **smoker** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:47 pm

are you having some problems or something? if not why mess with it, you should use as short a ground as possible but if yournot having issues im not sure id mess with it.

falkenbd · Post by **falkenbd** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:21 am

I'm getting the slightest amount of noise during digital silence.

subster87 · Post by **subster87** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:01 pm

have you tried a ground loop jigger?? easiest way to fix it.. well not really fix it but hide it

smoker · Post by **smoker** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:06 pm

digital silence, sounds like the name of joeys sq competition team....

scotts1000rr · Post by **scotts1000rr** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:28 pm

^^^^^ Hahahahaha

Robert Wollenberg · Post by **Robert Wollenberg** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 7:24 pm

It may just be your HU, or gain settings.

solacedagony · Post by **solacedagony** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:55 am

If you're only getting a slight, don't worry about it. You're not going to hear it when playing music. Also, you want to always ground everything at the same point. Grounding at different points can be one of the reasons you get ground loops.