can i do this ?

i have one amp grounded to the battery, im adding another amp. can i run a ground wire off the new amp to the old amp, instead of running another ground wire to the battery?

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You can do it, I would not.

Your amp's positive and neg. cables should be the same size.

So, if you are running a 4 gauge + you should run a 4 gauge - cable too.

What you might want to do, is either run an other cable back to the battery or
run a distribution block between the battery and amps. Run both amps the to the distro block and then a larger wire to the battery.

You also, want to keep the ground wires as short as posible.

my power and grnd. are both 8gau. i was going to run another piece of 8gau. in between the two amps.

if your amps are not super huge it will probably be fine to do that. my amps are right near my battery so i found it easier (and cheaper) to simply run separate wires to the battery, with separate fuses.

Steve I see you live in Vancouver and own a MB Sport, I live in Vancouver and have a MB too . If I were you I would run a distribution block for both power and ground with 8 gauge wire or one size larger then run 2 or 4 from there to the battery and install a fuse right before the battery all this depends on what size amps you have you can e-mail me your phone number if you have other questions or need help.

(Message edited by tcaton on May 16, 2003)

thanks tom,im doing the install right now.