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Bronze Member Username: Black013Post Number: 76 Registered: Apr-05 | i notice when ever my volume increases my ground wire gets real hot to the point as to where i cant touch it why is it that this happends im using 4ga everything I have it grounded to metal in my trunk 2L712's 1500 Watts Class D Hifonics Brutus |
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Silver Member Username: Troy81Tavernier, Fl Us Post Number: 924 Registered: Mar-06 | thats not good, i can tell you that much, could be bad ground connection or the wire could be to small, try upgrading to 0/1 and/or sanding the spot were it connects |
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Gold Member Username: IlluminatorUSA Post Number: 4008 Registered: Apr-05 | https://www.ecoustics.com/electronics/forum/car-audio/258860.html Why have you posted this everywhere except for the amp forum? Is the power wire bigger than the ground wire or not? |
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Gold Member Username: IlluminatorUSA Post Number: 4009 Registered: Apr-05 | Can you take any pics of your install, specifically the mounting location of the ground wire? That would help a lot! We need more info, like what kind of car you have too... |
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Gold Member Username: StnorrisIA US Post Number: 1149 Registered: Apr-06 | if that amp is 1500rms, i would use bigger than 4 gague for ground and power. |
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Bronze Member Username: Black013Post Number: 77 Registered: Apr-05 | the amp can only fit a 4 gauage wire |
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Gold Member Username: IlluminatorUSA Post Number: 4012 Registered: Apr-05 | Great point, Steve!! |
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Bronze Member Username: Black013Post Number: 79 Registered: Apr-05 | the amp will only fit a 4 gauge |
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Gold Member Username: StnorrisIA US Post Number: 1151 Registered: Apr-06 | also a great point daryl. did u sand the paint where the ground cable is? and how long is ur ground? |
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Bronze Member Username: Black013Post Number: 80 Registered: Apr-05 | I think thats my problem because its a metal screw drilled into a painted chassiss and whenever bass hit hard I smell that screw burning so I hope sand paper will help or I going on cardomain to see where other people ground they amp with 80's models cutlass's |
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Silver Member Username: Troy81Tavernier, Fl Us Post Number: 925 Registered: Mar-06 | havent yall learned this? anyway you can run a 0 gauge all the way back to the back and it will carry the load then a short strand of 4 will not get hot. heres an example, lets say 0 gauge can carry a power of 10 for 5 feet before losing some power to heat and going to 9 power, if you run 0 gauge to the back of your car and you go down to lets say 8 power, you put that in a distro block and run it with 4 gauge maybe 1 foot into the amp, if you ran 4 gauge the whole way you wouldve lost about 7 power point things, but in a one foot span you wont lose any, do that with both your power and ground, it will get louder too if thats the problem and you wont be clipping the amp, also, like i said in my last post go ahead and try sanding the spot where your wire meets frame, though i wouldnt think the wire itself would get hot from that. and also, new forum www.hhpbonline.com |
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Bronze Member Username: Black013Post Number: 82 Registered: Apr-05 | not trying to be cheap but how much will cost to redo my car for 0 gauge |
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Silver Member Username: Troy81Tavernier, Fl Us Post Number: 927 Registered: Mar-06 | 30 bucks if you do it yourself prolly, 15 with a shop, rough estimate |
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Gold Member Username: StnorrisIA US Post Number: 1152 Registered: Apr-06 | ya i was saying too small wire was the problem. i was just saying i wouldnt run 4 gauge on a 1500rms amp. and i didnt mean that not sanding the paint was the problem. but if you sand the paint, it will help. |