Re: grounding equipment to battery?

["David Teitelbaum <jtrealty@xxxx>" <jtrealty@xxxx>]

In general it is not good practice to hook additional wires directly 
to the battery terminals, + or -. You start to get into issues of 
corrosion and maintaince, when you remove the battery you may not 
notice and hook up any extra wires. The best place to go with 
additional grounds would be where things are already grounded to the 
frame. If you have a really heavy or "special" thing to ground the 
absolute best place would be where the cable from the battery connects 
to the frame. Of course all the warnings about clean and tight rule so 
when disturbing any ground points make sure everything goes back 
together "clean and tight".
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Soma576@xxxx wrote:
> List,
> 
> this isn't exclusively DeLorean-related but it does deal with the 
stereo 
> equipment i am installing in my D.
> 
> i have read from many sources that the best place to ground high 
power stereo 
> equipment is to ground it directly to the ground connector on the 
battery 
> rather than the frame. if you ground all of your equipment with a 
> distribution block and have only one heavy gauge cable going to the 
battery, 
> this will eliminate ground loop interference. i have NEVER seen 
anything 
> grounded to a car battery before - is this really a good idea? i 
should think 
> it would be ok but i'm not sure! any ideas?
> 
> Andy
> 
> Soma576@xxxx
> 1982 DeLorean DMC-12 VIN#11596
> Fargo, ND 58102
> 
> 
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