Ground alt to battery negative

[Gregorio253]

Can I ground from alt bracket to battery negative without any problems

[xxgokouxx]

I believe so, it was talked about a while back as excessive rather than something that's needed to be done.

[Gregorio253]

Okay I was wondering if it was okay because I've heard of it before

[SnowDrifter]

Won't hurt. However if your other grounds are sound, it would be a waste of wire. All the alt does in relation to the front battery is top it off after starting and re-charge after voltage drop. Neither of which is a huge draw. So I don't see a direct line being of any real benefit

As I said before though: Won't hurt, but IMO it's not needed. IF it makes a difference for you though, that means it's time to evaluate your other grounds/connections because that would be a good indicator that they are lacking

[bbeljefe]

Yes you can. And you should.

[Gregorio253]

Won't hurt. However if your other grounds are sound, it would be a waste of wire. All the alt does in relation to the front battery is top it off after starting and re-charge after voltage drop. Neither of which is a huge draw. So I don't see a direct line being of any real benefit

As I said before though: Won't hurt, but IMO it's not needed. IF it makes a difference for you though, that means it's time to evaluate your other grounds/connections because that would be a good indicator that they are lacking

The reason I was asking is because I was starting the big three and thought that it would be better to do and more money efficient because I do not have the best paying Job and have bills to pay but I grounded the alt braket and I jumped from 14.12 to 14.22-20 charging which is great for just that one run of OFC 4 gauge all I had I am still waiting for the cash to purchase more ring terminals and 300 amp anl fuse&holder to do the alt wire but thanks for the info guys and the help

[Aidan Hansen]

The way I have mine is one run of wire from front to back goes to the alternator mount and the other goes to the front battery. Then the front battery is grounded to the front motor mount and then it's all tied in. Nothing wrong with it at all.

[White Lightning]

I have a ground wire running from my alternator's housing / Mounting bracket directly to frame on my 49 Ford.

[rockFord_Expedition]

It wouldn't hurt.

The first thing you should ground your alt case to is the frame though.

[20 hertz xpertz]

Once you do the big 3 just ground the alt casing to the chassis of the car. I also did this but not that big of a difference in voltage 0.1-0.2 of a volt. When i did the big 3 and grounded to batt. When engine was changed i just grounded to chassis and same no difference but without the ground i was getting 14.2 and with ground was 14.4 constantly