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Jan 20, 2011 | 06:45 PM

Athanatos

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patch cable grounding

seen some old school cables with a 3rd ground wire (on a y style spade) that gets screwed onto the chassis of a HU or amp etc are these helpful at all?

Jan 20, 2011 | 06:52 PM

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its an extra protection against noise. if its in the rca that a bonus in my eyes.

Jan 20, 2011 | 07:04 PM

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i ground my headunit to bare metal.. but like said above, its like an 'extra' ground

Jan 20, 2011 | 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by danyman

its an extra protection against noise. if its in the rca that a bonus in my eyes.

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