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General => Car audio => Topic started by: dubslug on 10 March 2006, 11:55

Title: earthing point
Post by: dubslug on 10 March 2006, 11:55

where have u guys/gals with mk 2 earthed ur amps too if that makes sense, im toying with the idea of making my own holes etc, just wondered where u lot have ur amps earthed(amps fitted in boot)

Title: Re: earthing point
Post by: GolfChick24 on 10 March 2006, 15:27

im using one of the bolts/nutts that holds the rear cluster in place, it touches the body of the car so scrapped paint off a bit n stuck em there

Title: Re: earthing point
Post by: Dizzie on 10 March 2006, 20:24

or where the first aid kit usually bolts in. there are places around those locations on both sides.

Title: Re: earthing point
Post by: dubslug on 11 March 2006, 11:09

cheers uys reason i ask is im stillgetting eninge interferance
got power cables down one side
rcas down other side with remote and speaker wires
earth is to the bolt on the lower half of the back seat yet im still getting whinning noises!!

help

Title: Re: earthing point
Post by: 1 Lp on 11 March 2006, 11:16

so am i mate, and I've got mine same place as golfchick.... Im stripping mine all out in the week any way to finish off the install properly

Title: Re: earthing point
Post by: dubslug on 11 March 2006, 16:10

some one has said earthing on the head unit??
could this cause this??

Title: Re: earthing point
Post by: Dizzie on 11 March 2006, 20:21

yes possibley. it's down to the poor connection on the actual earth therefore the signal trys to find other routes to earth and goes down the wrong parts of the unit. Sometimes get so bad it burns out the earth tracks on your RCA connections. :(

Title: Re: earthing point
Post by: dubslug on 12 March 2006, 19:52

am i right in thinkin that the black wire on the mk loom is earth??, could i cut into this and use the earth block vw kindly put under the steering wheel??

Title: Re: earthing point
Post by: j_s on 14 March 2006, 11:35

If it is the earth block then yeah you could use that  :smiley:

I drilled a hole in my wheel well and dremmeled the paint away and then stuck a big bolt with washers either side for my earth point. I'm using the standard earth and power cable for the headunit and at the moment use a Passat battery to chassis to engine earth cable + fixings which are about to be upgraded to 0g cable from chassis to battery and 2g from engine direct to battery as well, oh and I get no noise  :wink:  :grin:

Also check you have a good battery to chassis earth.

Title: Re: earthing point
Post by: dubslug on 14 March 2006, 22:57

cheers js was looking at the earth that sits just behind the battery tray and its looking well corroded, not a good sign

Title: Re: earthing point
Post by: j_s on 15 March 2006, 21:19

Get the sandpaper out and clean it all up, then after attaching a new earth cable chuck a load of copper grease on top  :smiley:

Title: Re: earthing point
Post by: dubslug on 15 March 2006, 22:45

that ca be tomorrows job lol, my car is getting loads of attention while im signed off