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RM Italy stinger board install on a Galaxy DX55hp


In a word, no...

Stock Radio? No, Strapped Radio? Perhaps...

The only real way to check, is to VERIFY that the SHIELD of the COAX is to the SAME as FOIL Ground - back at the Negative side of the Power connector.

You can also VERIFY Ground - between the Power Connector Negative and the LUGS mounted on the Heat sink.

Anything above 1 ohm - no...can't use it for ground...

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When you do a continuity check on the back panels Negative Power lead to CASE - and it shows open - then you know...No.


Correct foil ground/board ground that the final mounts to (yes I know it’s insulated from ground)

I ran a circuit under the board through a slot and used circuit board ground


I’m having a short to ground somewhere intermittently internal of the amp I been chasing down checking caps and diodes nothing yet
 
Correct foil ground/board ground that the final mounts to (yes I know it’s insulated from ground)

I ran a circuit under the board through a slot and used circuit board ground


I’m having a short to ground somewhere intermittently internal of the amp I been chasing down checking caps and diodes nothing yet

Can you spare of pic of your work so I can help?

Shorts may be from several things NOT related to your work, like THEIR assembly and parts shifting on their board as you have to assemble this together.
 

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