How To Install A Car Antenna
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Let?s learn How to Get a Good Ground on a Car Antenna in this article. We will also discuss the importance of grounding.
If the car?s radio antenna is not grounded properly we get two main problems. One of the two problems is when we turn on our radio in the car we do not get very good signal and as a result the quality of the music or voice gets ruined. Another main problem is that the extra voltage in the car antenna can damage the antenna and the radio or even burn them. Sometimes, we get shock when we touch the car antenna or the radio buttons because of poor or improper grounding. So, good grounding of a car antenna is very important for safety purpose and for quality purpose.
The main purpose of grounding the car antenna is to receive the excess voltage from the antenna and pass it on to the earth so that the antenna and the radio parts are saved from being damaged or burnt. This article includes the things that will be needed for good grounding of a car antenna and the simple and easy instructions on how to get a good ground on a car antenna.
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.
Antenna?s ground wire is pulled till it reaches the frame of the car. A bolt on the car?s frame attaching the frame to frame is found such that the ground wire can reach that bolt. There are bolts which attach the frame to the body. Only the bolts which attach one frame to another frame like a hinge attachment or a cross piece should be selected. This allows us to connect the antenna?s small ground wire directly to the frame.
The selected bolt is loosened with a reciprocating motion of a socket wrench. Socket wrenches come in a variety of types; hence the suitable variety of socket wrench is selected for loosening the bolt. After removing the bolt completely from the frame of the car the bolt and the bolt hole are cleaned by the use of wire brush to remove all the dust particles and the rust.
The bare copper end of the wire and the bolt are coated with little amount of dielectric grease. The bare end of the copper wire is wrapped carefully on the helical ridge of the bolt and it is reinstalled into the frame using the same socket wrench.
Thus we have seen how to get a good Ground on a Car Antenna in easy way in simple steps.