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The big three goes negative battery terminal to frame (easiest), engine block to frame, and positive battery terminal to alternator.
The hardest one can be engine block to frame as you have to find the stock ground wire. And the positive battery to positive on the alternator can be hard (I have not looked to see where our alternator is).
I am not too sure why dhmcfadin did the positive battery to that bus terminal as that should have gone to the alternator positive post... maybe for looks?
However, from the looks of our battery terminal it looks like it is 4 gauge going to the alternator already.
The big three goes negative battery terminal to frame (easiest), engine block to frame, and positive battery terminal to alternator.
The hardest one can be engine block to frame as you have to find the stock ground wire. And the positive battery to positive on the alternator can be hard (I have not looked to see where our alternator is).
I am not too sure why dhmcfadin did the positive battery to that bus terminal as that should have gone to the alternator positive post... maybe for looks?
However, from the looks of our battery terminal it looks like it is 4 gauge going to the alternator already.
I guess I am trying to see where the easiest point from the engine to frame. The rest of them, I have figured out already.
The big three goes negative battery terminal to frame (easiest), engine block to frame, and positive battery terminal to alternator.
The hardest one can be engine block to frame as you have to find the stock ground wire. And the positive battery to positive on the alternator can be hard (I have not looked to see where our alternator is).
I am not too sure why dhmcfadin did the positive battery to that bus terminal as that should have gone to the alternator positive post... maybe for looks?
However, from the looks of our battery terminal it looks like it is 4 gauge going to the alternator already.
I did it to just upgrade the factory main power wire. I was already in there and being a detailed oriented person, it would have driven me crazy knowing that cheap 4 gauge wire was still supplying all the power for the truck.
I did it to just upgrade the factory main power wire. I was already in there and being a detailed oriented person, it would have driven me crazy knowing that cheap 4 gauge wire was still supplying all the power for the truck.
Figured that, I am assuming you also ran new line to the alternator? Where did you ground from engine to frame/chassis?
I did it to just upgrade the factory main power wire. I was already in there and being a detailed oriented person, it would have driven me crazy knowing that cheap 4 gauge wire was still supplying all the power for the truck.
What size is that screw on the main distribution buss to the battery m7 or m8?
Papermaker, there are the photos. It's not complete as of yet, it's a work in progress. I am going to finish most of it in three weeks. I am going to out of pocket the next two weekends. I got my amp today (sorry Bruce, got a hell of deal on the amp from Sonic, it was an open box for 512 shipped!!).
Yes, I am going to check the Ohms before I commit to grounding in the cab. After upgrading the wiring and them I am going to test. I am going to talk to one of the electrical engineers at work get his opinion.
04-04-2019, 11:01 AM
.......Nineball
