Alternator ground wire

Asked by Chanise Feb 19, 2022 at 05:40 PM about the 1999 Nissan Sentra GXE

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

If you hook the ground
wire to the shield by the
engine will it affect your
car running

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Gene answered 2 years ago

A shield is not a good ground for a high load carrying circuit, use either a direct frame connection or engine block connection.

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beatupchevy answered 2 years ago

What problem are you having ? The alt doesn't have a " ground wire " It's grounded on the block . If you think one is a ground then there's a diode involved and you shouldn't play around if you don't know what you're doin g. That's what I think .

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