[AT] Grounding

[charlie hill]

Steve,  when I wire electronics on my boat (or did when I was 
actively using it) I always put a fuse in the ground wire from the
electronic device to the buss.  That way if the starter ground on
the engine gets corrupted it will blow the fuses in the electronics
before it tries to find a ground path through the electronic device.
I guess they probably do that on auto electronics as well?

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Steve W. 
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 4:03 AM 
To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
Subject: Re: [AT] Grounding 

charlie hill wrote:
> Alan, that is pretty much how boats are wired.
> Everything is "home run" back to a buss bar that
> is connected via a heavy cable back to the battery.
> 
> Good idea!
> 
> Charlie
> 

It's how many vehicles are wired as well. The computers work better with 
a clean signal. Plus many are now ground switched. IE: the computer 
controls things by opening/closing the ground side instead of the hot side.

-- 
Steve W.
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