[BC] Hot and grounded chassis

Mike McCarthy Towers
Fri Aug 11 07:23:57 CDT 2006


You should also fuse the negative lead too.  If for some reason the main 
bonding jumper gives way, you don't want starting motor current or the rest 
of the vehicle electrical system flowing through your relatively small 
cable either.

MM

At 10:31 PM 8/10/2006 -0700, Glen Kippel wrote
>This is mentioned in the "The Doctor is IN" column in the August 2006 issue
>of QST.  Yes, it is advisable to fuse the positive lead right at the battery
>so that a short to ground between the battery and the rig won't set fire to
>the car, garage, house, etc.



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