Star Grounding

"Star Grounding" is common and the only way to fly for a noise free mobil audio installation. Star grounding means grounding all components to a central ground as the others have mentioned. But for best results all lenghts of ground wire SHOULD BE OF EQUAL WIRE AND LENGHT.

Forgot to mention that its important not to have any of the grounds cross over one another. Picture the center of a star as the grounding point and the points of the star as the ground leads. Thus "Star Grounding". I'm sure you can take it from here Sean. Mikec

Gladstone i feel its best for someone with more knowledge to answer your questions. I beleive this is against all code enforcement. I've seen star grounding the components (as oppossed to "Floating the Ground") but not the AC outlets.

Some years back a manufacturer named Audio Control (well known for their EQ's and Crossovers, mainly for car audio) offered a White Paper on the subject of "Star Grounding" to anyone who requested a copy. Don't know their URL but maybe the company still offers the White Paper on the subject. The company is still going strong, so getting in touch with Audio Control shouldn't be a problem. Hope this helps anyone.

info@audiocontrol.com (425-775-8461) Mikec

Gladstone ---- Great, seem to have your questions answered.