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Henry Enriquez (Discoinla)
| | Posted on Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 12:41 am: | 
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Does the negative cable of the battery (ground) have to be placed on the same area where it was bolted onto from the factory, or can I place it on any other place on the chassis? And since the engine bay is a bit dirty and cluttered, where does it ground to? The transmission or engine block? |
Carter Simcoe (Carter)
| | Posted on Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 01:04 am: |
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Just out of curiosity, why would you want to move it? |
muskyman
| | Posted on Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 08:51 am: |
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you can move it ,but you are better off just adding more to ensure a good ground.
not having a good ground in a electronic ignition/fuel injection car can cause all kinds of problems |
Ed Petrush (Exp3)
| | Posted on Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 12:27 pm: |
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ground is very import to ensure the electronics are working in order. The #1 reason for alt. failures on Disco's is bad grounds.. The factory wires (or the black plastic covers) always look to be in fine shape until you take them off and notice that the whole center of the cable is corroded.
Moving the ground should not be a problem, just make sure you have solid body point where you are attaching the ground too. The factory puts the grounds in their certain locations to provide enough ground throughout the whole truck. Grounding thru all major components (engine, trans, body panels, frame) is very important. |
Henry Enriquez (Discoinla)
| | Posted on Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 10:24 pm: |
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Thanks guys! The reason I wanna know is b/c I need to replace the negative battery terminal/cable cuz of erossion. How long is the cable anyway? And what gauge? |
Paul T. Schram (Paulschram)
| | Posted on Friday, October 25, 2002 - 10:39 am: |
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Henry:
The shorter in length and the larger in diameter that you can find is the better way to approach this. Find the biggest wire and find the closest mounting point and you'll be good to go.
I agree with the other folks, Try to retain what you have and add to that.
Paul |
Tom Rowe
| | Posted on Saturday, October 26, 2002 - 09:45 am: |
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You want a max of .5% voltage drop over the lenght of the entire circut. That requires a larger guage wire than most people think, and certainly larger than stock.
The same applies for winches, the wires are nearly *always* too small and reduce the efficency. Same for starter motors. |
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