kenewagner
Registered User
I have had the battery in the trunk of my car for years. I also have had grounding problems for years to boot. This from Dave who has tuned the car many times. When I installed the battery I was told by many knowledgable people to just run a good ground to the body under the trunk, which I did. Now to what has me questioning that.
I am installing a 8,000 lb Mile Marker winch on my car trailer and chose not to be playing with a seperate battery to run the winch. My plan is to run a double cable, positive and negative to a two prong plug which will plug into a like socket at the rear of the truck. Positive cable to the trucks battery from the socket. I called Mile Marker Tech line and asked if I could ground to the frame of the truck in the rear rather than run a cable all the way forward. They said absolutely NOT. Said it would cause problems for the computer on the truck.
Question is
On the SC, is it possible that not running a ground cable all the way to the front can cause electrical grimlins? I know a lot of you will say "I have run like that, grounding to body in rear, for years with no problems" but it is it possible that the grounding path changes, once you move the battery to the rear, causing glitches to the computer?
I know through the years many ideas change about how things are done and just want to address this
Ken
I am installing a 8,000 lb Mile Marker winch on my car trailer and chose not to be playing with a seperate battery to run the winch. My plan is to run a double cable, positive and negative to a two prong plug which will plug into a like socket at the rear of the truck. Positive cable to the trucks battery from the socket. I called Mile Marker Tech line and asked if I could ground to the frame of the truck in the rear rather than run a cable all the way forward. They said absolutely NOT. Said it would cause problems for the computer on the truck.
Question is
On the SC, is it possible that not running a ground cable all the way to the front can cause electrical grimlins? I know a lot of you will say "I have run like that, grounding to body in rear, for years with no problems" but it is it possible that the grounding path changes, once you move the battery to the rear, causing glitches to the computer?
I know through the years many ideas change about how things are done and just want to address this
Ken