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How to ground aftermarket head unit & harness?

Discussion in 'General Car Audio Discussions' started by DuhKidd, Dec 29, 2010.

  1. DuhKidd

    DuhKidd New Member

    I just bought a AVH-P3200DVD head unit in my 08 Jeep, and on the head unit harness, there is a black ground wire that has a C-shaped metal end on it, the kind that is supposed to be attached to a grounded screw...

    Now on my canbus Jeep harness, there is a black ground wire that is just a wire with no special end....

    Am i supposed to thread these two wires together as with the rest of the harness' wires? Should I connect them together at a grounding screw? cut off the C connector? or does the harness wire go right to the headunit somewhere?
     
    DuhKidd, Dec 29, 2010
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  2. DuhKidd

    DuhKidd New Member

    in short: should I cut off C ring installed on the black ground wire on my head unit's harness and connect this to the black ground wire on the jeep attached harness? is this a sufficient ground?
     
    DuhKidd, Dec 29, 2010
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  3. Ranger SVO

    Ranger SVO Full Member

    Yes you can cut it off and wire it to your ground wire in your factory harness, but I avoid factory grounds whenever I can. I always prefer to find a good chassis ground.

    What I do to my vehicles is hook the HU ground to the factory harness and then I also run a 12ga wire from the chassis of the HU to a good metal ground in the vehicle.
     
    Ranger SVO, Dec 29, 2010
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  4. DuhKidd

    DuhKidd New Member

    Thanks Ranger,

    Would I be better off finiding a good ground from the headunit harness myself (using the C ring already attached) and just taping off the jeep harness ground?
     
    DuhKidd, Dec 29, 2010
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  5. Ranger SVO

    Ranger SVO Full Member

    That would be fine, and hopefully there is metal behind the radio that you can use.
     
    Ranger SVO, Dec 29, 2010
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