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fwunder
Senior Member Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1676 |
Topic: Chassis Ground Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 2:43pm |
Thanks offgrid! I sorta suspected something like that.
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2014 RPod 178 => MyMods and Buying Habits
2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6 Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks! |
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offgrid
Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 2:40pm |
It depends. The battery negative should be connected to chassis ground. But its better to run a negative conductor directly for heavy currents because there is usually a higher resistance in a connection via the chassis which results in a larger voltage drop than is preferable.
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1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
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fwunder
Senior Member Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1676 |
Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 12:26pm |
I'm moving wires around.
I currently have two auxiliary input/output SAE cables connected to my dual GCs - positive and negative connected to battery bank. I use them for solar input and/or aux output like water transfer pump, fans, lights, etc. Question: Is there any disadvantage to running negatives to chassis? Thanks! fred |
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2014 RPod 178 => MyMods and Buying Habits
2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6 Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks! |
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