Originally posted by TheGrimace:
Copper is copper it corrodes at the same rate no matter what color insulator you put on the outside or how much you pay for it. If you are talking about connectors, gold is the best it doesnt corrode but it also doesnt conduct as well as copper. Silver on the other hand is the best "room temperature" conductor, but it tarnishes easily. (note) Do not under any circumstances ground your stereo to the body (or frame) of your car, ground loop will most likely occur and it has the potential of toasting your amp. Run the same cable back to the negative on your battery as you ran from the positive. Electrons actually flow from negetive to positive likewise "holes" flow from positive to negative therfore makeing the "pressure" on each side of the battery the same (if you had a water treatment plant would you suck water in through a 2 foot pipe and try to eject it through a pin-hole, i think not). Keep in mind you will not get ground loop noise in your audio, but the power supply of your amplifier will be dammaged by groundloop.
well, judging by other things you have posted, i wouldn't take this as a truthful statement. so your saying everyone here that has their amps ground to a the body of the car, most likely under a nut or screw in the trunk, have done something bad? so these people that have had their systems going good for years have actually fried their amps and just don't realize it?????
