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Title: what do u earth your amps to
Post by: ricky680 on 15 September 2008, 10:04
im having troble findinf and earth fro my amp what  are people useing as there earth
Title: Re: what do u earth your amps to
Post by: 95gtipete on 15 September 2008, 13:20
On one of the bolts on your rear lights is a good earthing point. Just run the cable along the side undo the nut put the earth lead on then redo up the nut.
Title: Re: what do u earth your amps to
Post by: glowgtdi on 15 September 2008, 20:26
i got mine going to one of the nuts under the rear seats.
Title: Re: what do u earth your amps to
Post by: troublestarter on 15 September 2008, 20:59
use a seat belt bolt
do not to the rear light as it is not a very strong point to connect to as the bolt in the light is only held in on plastic and the metal is not particularly thick
i have had lots of customers come to me saying their amp keeps cutting out and every tgime it has been a bad earth
when fitting your earth make sure it is rubbed down to bare metal and bolted down securely
Title: Re: what do u earth your amps to
Post by: AdamMk2 on 16 September 2008, 19:23
Quote from: troublestarter on 15 September 2008, 20:59
use a seat belt bolt

Exactly what I was going to say  :wink:
Title: Re: what do u earth your amps to
Post by: ian007miles on 02 October 2008, 07:15
my earth for my amp is the bolt for the seat belts under the back seat thats the best place for it but try not to make the earth more than 12inches long ,but then its only the best place to earth it if your putting the amp on the back of the back seat or on the floor near the back seat but if you were thinking of puttin it on one of the sides use the bolt that holds the seat belt roller fingy under the shelf suports hope wot i said makes some sense.ian
Title: Re: what do u earth your amps to
Post by: GOLF_MK on 07 November 2008, 13:48
Quote from: glowgtdi on 15 September 2008, 20:26
i got mine going to one of the nuts under the rear seats.

Same here, no problems yet!
Title: Re: what do u earth your amps to
Post by: shakeyjake on 10 November 2008, 17:13
on my mk2 it's earthed to the seatbelt bolt behind the nearside boot speaker trim and in my mk3 i earthed it to one of the screws for the fuel pump access cover