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pinelake 
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 Topic: stereoPosted: September-03-2006 at 1:31pm |
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right from my last post, my wife didn't marry me cause i am a pratical kind of guy. I have bought an old marine stereo on ebay. I have installed it and it works fine. Its just that I seem to have a deep inbuilt belief that you shouldn't ground it to the battery. I can't find anywhere else that works to use as a ground. Am I just being stuipid. It maybe down to the fact that i have spent the weekend wiring a stereo with out drilling any holes, that can be a bitch. How anyone can drill a hole in a perfectly good boat is beyond me. somebody help remedial boy
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TRBenj
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Posted: September-03-2006 at 2:30pm |
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Grounding to the battery (or engine block) is really the only choice you have on a boat.
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Tribal150
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Posted: September-03-2006 at 9:43pm |
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You should be able to ground to your gauges.
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Morfoot
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Posted: September-04-2006 at 4:42am |
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Yep! I agree with Rob.Run a small grnd wire to the post where your gages are grnd too.
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TRBenj
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Posted: September-04-2006 at 8:27pm |
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That would probably work, but its not ideal. Depending on the year, the ground wires to the dash are barely sufficient for the gauges alone. Its pretty important to have a good ground going to the stereo, so Id bulk up the ground to the dash if you go that route.
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Posted: September-05-2006 at 9:58am |
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i ran a seperate circuit to the front of mine,#10 {trolling motor cable] to a buss bar.This gives you plenty of places for xtras,amps,sat. radio and any thing else that needs power or a ground. breaker at the battery is required,helped with the speaker hiss & noise too. boat dr
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