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Old 07-16-2006, 03:49 PM   #1
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I plan on doing this upgrade, but I don't think I have enough wire for the alt to battery positive right now. I have enough for neg. battery to chasis and engine to chasis. I want to go ahead and wire these 2 up today and the rest of my wires. Would it be a problem to my car/alternator if I didn't upgrade it while my system was operating? I'll have a carputer, 800 watt peak amp, 500 watt peak amp, audiocontrol xover, xm direct running off the distro if that helps! Thanks for any response!
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Why wouldn't it? You're not pulling any extra current by grounding everything better. Oh, don't forget to put a fuse between your battery and your alternator. You'll probably need to use ANL fuses.
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Hope this helps.

Also, you can never have too big of a ground wire. It never hurts to have a ground that's bigger than the power. Just a power that's bigger than a ground when the power is the size needed. Ground should be at least the same size of the power, never smaller.
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