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A Good Radio Reception Needs A Perfect Ground On A Car Antenna
by: Chris Green
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If your car does not have a good grounding system then it becomes quite difficult to hear your radio because you will hear more static than music when the radio is turned on. This article will tell you how to get a good ground on an antenna. The ground connection of the antenna should be made in such a way that the ground receives and stores excess amount of voltage. If this grounding is not done then the excess voltage will bounce back through the radio and the antenna resulting in static. Even though the modern car`s design makes it quite a challenge regarding grounding it is still possible with a little work.
There are few tools required for accomplishment of this task. The usage of such tools will reduce the man power required and makes it easy. It includes ring terminals, wire brush, electric pliers, dielectric grease and socket set.
The first step is to open the car's trunk or the hood. Choose any of these two which is closer by the antenna. The antenna ground wire is located first. It can be easily identified as it is the only wire coming out of the antenna's base. There is another large cable going to the radio. There always exist a misconception between these two words. And the best way to differentiate them is by their size variation.
The things that will be needed for good grounding of a car antenna are wires for the socket, dielectric grease, ring terminal and electrical pliers. The hood or the protective cover which is nearest to the antenna of the car is opened carefully. The car antenna has only two wires coming off its base. The one is the larger cable that is connected to the radio in the car and the other is the smaller wire. The smaller wire is called the antenna ground. The antenna ground is located first.
It should not be one of those bolts which attach the frame and the car's body. One should connect the antenna to the ground as directly as possible to the frame. This makes sure that no residual voltage present in the antenna passes through the radio. The above step ensures the safety of the radio. A socket wrench can be used to remove a bolt easily.
Take a small amount of dielectric grease and coat it over the bare end of the ground wire and the bolt. This dielectric grease will provide the necessary protection from dust and moisture thus helping to prevent the formation of rust. This step is quite important because if the rust formation begins to take place, then the grounding performed will start to lose its effect.
The above lubrication step also ensures that there is no debris or rust formation in the ground connection that we are about to perform. This is because of lubricating effect of the grease. The ground wire of antenna's bare copper end is wrapped with the bolt and it is reinstalled into the frame firmly.
Thus one should know how to get a good ground on a car antenna, if he wants a good music while a road drives.
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Author: Chris Green
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