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Friday, January 29, 2010

Helpful Tips For Ground A Car Audio Amp

By Chris Green

The amplifier is an important part of the entire music system. It makes the music audible and also gives clarity to the audio. The amplifier is generally given with the music player set bought sometimes can be bought separately. Some connections have to be made to the aftermarket amplifier. The connection must be grounded properly for the proper working of the amplifier. For this the wires that are meant for grounding are secured by attaching it to a nut or a bolt of the car. Grounding is very important and also makes the circuit complete and also gives power. The ground connection is made as negative terminal by fixing to any metal body of the car whereas the power line connection is from the positive end. This can be achieved by following the instructions on how to properly ground a car stereo amplifier.

After market stereos should have an effective operation after purchase is made. To ensure this stability in operation it is important to ground the wire to car's body. The electrical circuit gets complete only when the wire of amplifier is grounded. This powers the amplifier . This is called power wire and connection is given between this positive wire and positive lead of battery of car. Ground wire is often attached to the metal part of car's body and is also the negative terminal of battery of the car. This operation ensures both safety and stability of connection .

Now before seeing the instructions for grounding the amplifier we see the things required . We ll need an amplifier and a ground wire. Firstly the negative terminal of battery of the car is removed from connection . This is mainly done to ensure safety as this may avoid short circuiting

After a terminal is disconnected, the location of the amplifier is selected. This is very important since the ground connection must be done in a range of eighteen inches from the amplifier. Another constraint is that it must be placed in cool and well-ventilated location. Therefore all these things must be kept in mind before selecting the location. The most preferred is the trunk area since no overheating can be produced.

A wire is then connected for grounding. The connection is to be made from the ground output of the amplifier. The ground output might not be known immediately and therefore reference can be made to the circuit diagram of the amplifier. But sometimes there are labelling made pointing the ground output connection on the amplifier.

The next step is to locate an area in the gap of 18 inches from the ground to the amplifier. The body of the car is the place where it can be mounted. While mounting the wire to the body of the car make sure to use nuts and screws as this ensures tight connection towards the body of the car.

When we look at the ground wire we will observe that it has a metal lead . Unscrewing of screw or nut is done and place the lead of wire. Then the screw or nut is bolted . This makes the ground wire to remain fixed firm into a place. If these five steps are done perfectly grounding of car stereo amplifier becomes complete. There is a common mistake which people often commit while grounding the amplifier. They don't remove the paint of bolt or nut. In that case proper connection between the metal body and ground wire is disrupted. Such imperfect grounding is dangerous to the appliance. So always use a paint remover to completely wipe off the paint around the bolt and screw. Further tips , warnings and suggestions can be had at ehow.com.

The instructions on how to properly ground a car stereo amplifier is very easy to follow. One tip that can be practiced is to remove out the paint from the screw or nut to which the wire is connected. This has to be done to ensure direct contact with the metal body of the car. If these above instructions and tip are followed, the amplifier's ground connection can be done with less effort. - 21396

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