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Date:         Wed, 15 Aug 2001 19:41:53 -0700
Reply-To:     Bruce Grove <bruce@BRUCEGROVE.CO.UK>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bruce Grove <bruce@BRUCEGROVE.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: The rear speaker ground.
Comments: To: wilden1@JUNO.COM
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Stan wrote: > You're going to have to run that extra wire. > Get some 4 conductor telephone cable and run a set of four wires. Same > labor involved and it gives you some spare wires at that location if you > need them in the future.

I would recommend at the very least bell wire or basic speaker wire. Telephone cable is usually only single strand, very prone to breaking, has a thin sheath which chafes easily and last but not least isn't very thick so doesn't carry the soundy bits as well as thicker cable[1]

Bruce

[1] For those that don't already know, electrical cables are actually small tubes carrying electrical smoke, you can tell this because if you try and throw too much electricity down the cables the tubes burst and the smoke leaks out.... > I haven't use but the one wire but I've got spare wires there if I ever > need them. > > Stan Wilder > > On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 02:36:48 -0600 Rachel Cogent > <Gnarlodious@EARTHLINK.NET> writes: > > All this talk of car stereos has me wondering if there is a shortcut > > to > > getting two separate grounds for the rear speakers. Could I use the > > frame > > for one and the ground wire for the other? Do I need to pull another > > wire > > through the tube? > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. >


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