Easiest way to know if your ground is ok

Panamanian Silver Member Username: Panamanian Panama cityPanama Post Number: 195 Registered: Aug-05	Posted on Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 18:38 GMT What's the easiest way to check if all your ground in your car is properly attached? (not necessary related to cars).
marc Silver Member Username: Van_man Boston, MA Post Number: 440 Registered: Mar-06	Posted on Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 19:53 GMT Digital muti meter set to read ohms. the lower the number the less resistance the better the ground.
mixneffect Silver Member Username: Mixneffect Orangevale, Ca. USA Post Number: 975 Registered: Apr-05	Posted on Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 21:59 GMT Good work Marc
marc Silver Member Username: Van_man Boston, MA Post Number: 442 Registered: Mar-06	Posted on Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 22:11 GMT Ya, you know I help when I can
Optidriven Silver Member Username: N2audio Lawrence, Ks USA Post Number: 860 Registered: Mar-04	Posted on Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 14:53 GMT just out of curiousity - what to spots would you probe? Specifically - what resistance would you be measuring?
B Gold Member Username: B101 Queen City, NC USA Post Number: 3088 Registered: Sep-05	Posted on Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 16:30 GMT there wouldnt be any resistance to measure if he is measureing ground.. lol I would measure for a voltage across positive and negative.. then measure drops using your specified ground area or a diffrent ground area... and you never want to be measureing ohms of ANY power supply either! lil fuse inside the meter will go POP! Marc is correct, if he is measuring a spool of wire, or a isolated circuit without a pwr supply.
marc Silver Member Username: Van_man Boston, MA Post Number: 459 Registered: Mar-06	Posted on Sunday, June 04, 2006 - 20:41 GMT to check ground paths, Probe Bat - to alt case. bat - to chassis, alt case to chassis. Amp - to chassis. - amp wire to chassis. You want a low reading on these as possible 0.00 is perfect. If you get readings over 1.5, redo the connection. Aslo engine block to chassis. Mine was at 4.6. The strap was intact. I gust ran another piece of 4 awg piggybacked on the same mountings.

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