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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 01:59 PM
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haha ok works for me. i'll run with it, but i'd still like some more insite as to why i have always been told shorter then 3ft.

i'm still learning and like to learn as much as i could
Old Feb 10, 2011 | 01:08 AM
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Originally Posted by spitfire04
haha ok works for me. i'll run with it, but i'd still like some more insite as to why i have always been told shorter then 3ft.

i'm still learning and like to learn as much as i could
Resistance. Resistance. Resistance. Resistance

Resistance. Resistance. Resistance. Resistance.

Thicker Cable with less distance to travel will have less resistance.

Opposite the other way around, which is bad for your stuff.

Grounding is meant to ground, if the ground resists the power that your equipment is trying to ground that's very counter-productive, having the cable suck the power up happily and send it on it's merry way is good for your equipment.
Old Feb 10, 2011 | 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by spitfire04
haha ok works for me. i'll run with it, but i'd still like some more insite as to why i have always been told shorter then 3ft.

i'm still learning and like to learn as much as i could
Grounding in the rear means the car carries the current flow....average vehicle is equivalent to 4ga wire and is now the weakest link.

Multiple runs of 1/0 front to rear will help stabilize voltage levels during high power draw......

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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 10:45 PM
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sweet thats the kind of explanation i was looking for. thanks for the input guys!!!!
Old Feb 11, 2011 | 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Dilatory
Resistance. Resistance. Resistance. Resistance

Resistance. Resistance. Resistance. Resistance.

Thicker Cable with less distance to travel will have less resistance.

Opposite the other way around, which is bad for your stuff.

Grounding is meant to ground, if the ground resists the power that your equipment is trying to ground that's very counter-productive, having the cable suck the power up happily and send it on it's merry way is good for your equipment.
the lenght of the cable does not matter all that much as the ground is only produced by the battery. you can have a 3 foot cable to the body or a 14 foot cable to the car.

a short thick cable will have less resistance between which points? it definately will not help with resistance between where it's connected to the chasy and the negative battery terminal.

a few long runs all the way to the batt would actually be much better for here. big 3 is important aswell.
Old Feb 11, 2011 | 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Father Yuli
the lenght of the cable does not matter all that much as the ground is only produced by the battery. you can have a 3 foot cable to the body or a 14 foot cable to the car.

a short thick cable will have less resistance between which points? it definately will not help with resistance between where it's connected to the chasy and the negative battery terminal.

a few long runs all the way to the batt would actually be much better for here. big 3 is important aswell.
I was hoping you were going to reply and thank you that explains to me why I can do the long runs of ground wire.
Old Feb 11, 2011 | 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Father Yuli
the lenght of the cable does not matter all that much as the ground is only produced by the battery. you can have a 3 foot cable to the body or a 14 foot cable to the car.

a short thick cable will have less resistance between which points? it definately will not help with resistance between where it's connected to the chasy and the negative battery terminal.

a few long runs all the way to the batt would actually be much better for here. big 3 is important aswell.
At what point in RMS would you deem running ground cable directly back to the battery necessary?
Old Feb 12, 2011 | 01:49 AM
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At what point in RMS would you deem running ground cable directly back to the battery necessary?

come out to a competition, a visual is worth a 1000 words.
Old Mar 18, 2011 | 08:49 PM
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So i went into princess auto tonight and pick up 105ft of 2/0 gauge welders wire and a dozen copper ring terminals. I went looking for copper or aluminum plates to make buss bars out of but they dont carry anything like that. Where

where can i get plain buss bars?? i did some looking round on Google and only stuff i can find it bulk stuff, gotta buy it by the box and there's like 10 in a box.....
Old Mar 18, 2011 | 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by spitfire04
As for the fuses i was wrong they are 250 amp ANL fuses, so thats covered.

what are the fuses for.....do they help ur score out?

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