caddylac Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 first of all i have a 1996 cadillac deville that i just upgraded the big three and put an aftermarket alternator got all my rcas and 2 runs of 0 awg and speaker wire ran. keep in mind that there are no amps hooked up just all the wires ran to the trunk. i have pulled EVERY fuse out the car and i still get like 2 volts with a muti meter from my negative on the battery to the ground wire. what could possibly be the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackYardSoundZ Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 how are you testing it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caddylac Posted June 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 with a mulit meter between the negative battery post and the ground wire that i took off the battery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackYardSoundZ Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 with a mulit meter between the negative battery post and the ground wire that i took off the battery. im still not understanding, you have the pos on the pos and neg on neg and the meter set to dc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caddylac Posted June 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 the pos is still conected to the battery i take off the neg cable of the battery and put one lead of the multi meter on the neg post of the battery and one lead on the neg cable that i just took off the battery. the multi meter is set on ac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackYardSoundZ Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 the pos is still conected to the battery i take off the neg cable of the battery and put one lead of the multi meter on the neg post of the battery and one lead on the neg cable that i just took off the battery. the multi meter is set on ac. can you do wut i said real quick and then let us know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caddylac Posted June 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 my mistake i had the multi meter on dc the whole time not ac. i went and did what you said and it about 12 volts but that will change tommorow cuse somthing is draining my battery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackYardSoundZ Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 my mistake i had the multi meter on dc the whole time not ac. i went and did what you said and it about 12 volts but that will change tommorow cuse somthing is draining my battery. it shouldve been on dc, ac is for your house and other shit but if its reading right i guess your good lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caddylac Posted June 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 yeah i had it on dc the whole time dont know why i said ac but im still getting that 2 volts between my grounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackYardSoundZ Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 yeah i had it on dc the whole time dont know why i said ac but im still getting that 2 volts between my grounds. gotcha my bad, idk if you should be seeing anything more than 2 with grounds so as long as your sure theyre good grounds you should be set Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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