Besides that, anyone who really wants one of these should buy it for $3.00 from allelectronics.com. Same exact thing VB sells for $12.95. http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category==search&item==CON-90&type==store Hey Marc, what is the actual difference between the common ground & floating ground when it comes to wiring? Any stereo I've ever had (and I don't buy cheap, low power garbage) just connects black to ground. -Ryan On 5/4/05, Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If you are installing an after market "high power" > stereo, run new wires. > > The older stereo's used a "common ground", where > modern high power units use "floating ground". If you > wire a floating ground unit to a common ground > configuration it WILL play but you will blow up the > radio in a short time. > > VB's harness will work in the rare circumstance that > you are replacing the stock radio with another > low-power crappy radio. I have yet to see ANYONE do > this in a DeLorean, which is why VB's harness is > pretty much useless. > > You could cut his harness and use just the power and > ground leads to power your new stereo, but this is not > a great idea either. Newer high-power stereos also > consume more power, and the stock wire may not handle > the additional load... but either way you should run > new wires to the speakers. > > --- Patrick Conlon <PRC1216@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Is there a problem with VB's harness? I just bought > > one, and would be > > curious to know if it will present a problem if I > > choose to install a > > new stereo. I really don't want to have to rip the > > panels off to > > replace the speaker wire, but it sounds like I > > really have to from the > > discussion here. > > > > -Patrick C. > > 1880 > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/