voltage differences at battery and at amp

[billy101]

Link your batteries together with one run of 0 instead of 2 runs of 6, you'll see an improvement in voltage.

I only have my stock battery up under the hood. No batteries in the trunk. I've yet to do the Big3. I may do it once I get a job, because cash is very tight right now.

Should I get closer to 14 volts once I fix my ground?

[Boon]

How are you checking the voltage?

If you're dropping 2v over a wire, and you're measuring it without the stereo playing anything, then either you're measuring it wrong or one of your terminations on the wire is awful.

[billy101]

How are you checking the voltage?

If you're dropping 2v over a wire, and you're measuring it without the stereo playing anything, then either you're measuring it wrong or one of your terminations on the wire is awful.

I'm using a Fluke DMM. I measured it with it playing...but at a lower volume. What do you mean by my terminations on a wire is awful? If it makes any difference..the wire I'm using is not the thin stranded wire, it looks like this, not your everyday wire. The "strands" are a lot thicker. Would that be dropping my voltage?

[STEvil]

The shorter ground should help. It may not fix the issue if you crimped the connectors onto the wire poorly (what boon is talking about). Hammer and solder (using a large torch) is the cheap and dirty way to make sure the connectors are on the wire half-ass decently..

Thicker strand wire is meant for higher voltage iirc, so that could be causing an issue. You could use both 6ga runs to a distribution block then connect that to the positive terminal of your amp (make sure both are connected to positive of the battery first so you dont make a light show lol) and get a different wire for the ground.

[ALPINE408]

Wow this is some bad info the best place to ground is at the batt he needs thicker wire the smaller the wire the more resantance it has

I pull 160dbs in my big truck and allways over a 150 in my small civic with it all grounded to the front batt and I charge better that way to

But what do I know I only been doing this for 15 years with state regional and national titles

[skittlesRgood]

Wow this is some bad info the best place to ground is at the batt he needs thicker wire the smaller the wire the more resantance it has

I pull 160dbs in my big truck and allways over a 150 in my small civic with it all grounded to the front batt and I charge better that way to

But what do I know I only been doing this for 15 years with state regional and national titles

x2!!!!!!

but seriously, if the system isnt turned up and you get a 2v difference something is wrong. i would definitely look at all the connections. it might also be that you got some cheap ass wire that is more like 10awg. but upgrade to 1/0awg or even just 4awg. that should help.

[__d_a_v_i_d__]

hey i said it first ! lol

[finkster]

hey i said it first ! lol

no u said it was the best if it was in the trunk lol. Ground runs to the front are just as beneficial. If we can use long wire runs for positive, then the same can happen on the opposite side of the battery.

But yea wtf is up with the lack of info here lately.

[skittlesRgood]

hey i said it first ! lol

no u said it was the best if it was in the trunk lol. Ground runs to the front are just as beneficial. If we can use long wire runs for positive, then the same can happen on the opposite side of the battery.

But yea wtf is up with the lack of info here lately.

plenty of info, its just all wrong lately lol.

[__d_a_v_i_d__]

hey i said it first ! lol

no u said it was the best if it was in the trunk lol. Ground runs to the front are just as beneficial. If we can use long wire runs for positive, then the same can happen on the opposite side of the battery.

But yea wtf is up with the lack of info here lately.

but still said to negg of batt, but closer is better.

yea,idk if people get bored and mess around or if theyre serious lol