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1. [TenTec] I dont get it. (score: 1)
Author: k7uc@juno.com (Edwin D Malmgren)
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 16:47:25 -0600
Hey Gents , I must be missing something because I don't quite understand how fusing the ground side of the cable to a mobile rig prevents fire. Clue me in. Ed ________________________________________
/archives//html/TenTec/1999-04/msg00398.html (7,823 bytes)

2. [TenTec] I dont get it. (score: 1)
Author: n4lq@iglou.com (Steve Ellington N4LQ)
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 18:58:52 -0400
It's those "ground fires" Ed. They are much more dangerous. -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/tentecfaq.htm Submissions: tentec@contesting.com Administrative requests: tentec-REQUEST@contestin
/archives//html/TenTec/1999-04/msg00399.html (8,526 bytes)

3. [TenTec] I dont get it. (score: 1)
Author: ve2mbs@hamgate.concordia.ca (Vernon Erle Ikeda)
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 23:00:25 +0000 (GMT)
From what I was told by an automotive electrician, it prevents the radio ground return from becoming part of the automobile return circuit. If the fuse was not there and the battery grounding strap f
/archives//html/TenTec/1999-04/msg00400.html (8,298 bytes)

4. [TenTec] I dont get it. (score: 1)
Author: w1gsl@MIT.EDU (Steven L. Finberg)
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 19:08:11 EDT
Radio's chassie is conected to the battery negative terminal with a say 12 gauge wire. Radios chassie is conected to the car frame at the antenna with a RG 58 braid. The battery negative is also conn
/archives//html/TenTec/1999-04/msg00401.html (8,578 bytes)

5. [TenTec] I dont get it. (score: 1)
Author: n4lq@iglou.com (Steve Ellington N4LQ)
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 19:13:17 -0400
That's correct and the radio would act as the ground conductor when you start your engine, pumping 300 amps through your little rig. I've got a 97 Ford Ranger which has a 30 amp dc power/cigar lighte
/archives//html/TenTec/1999-04/msg00403.html (8,110 bytes)

6. [TenTec] I dont get it. (score: 1)
Author: JTBRANNIGAN@prodigy.net (JAMES T BRANNIGAN)
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 19:57:51 -0400
I really don't get the thread....this subject has been covered in the Handbooks for YEARS... Jim -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/tentecfaq.htm Submissions: tentec@contesting.com Administrati
/archives//html/TenTec/1999-04/msg00406.html (7,571 bytes)

7. [TenTec] I dont get it. (score: 1)
Author: ke6pid@earthlink.net (John Buckham)
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 09:20:15 -0700
This is an easy one. If the ground lead from the battery to the engine/chassis of your car fails, your radio wiring and radio will become the entire ground for your vehicle because the radio is groun
/archives//html/TenTec/1999-04/msg00431.html (8,774 bytes)

8. [TenTec] I dont get it. (score: 1)
Author: p-herrera@tamu.edu (Paul Herrera)
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 11:12:54 -0500
There was just such a incident discussed on Car Talk a few weeks back. A man went in to have his transmission worked on. Several weeks later, his clutch cable broke. He had it replaced. Then a few mo
/archives//html/TenTec/1999-04/msg00432.html (8,927 bytes)

9. [TenTec] I dont get it. (score: 1)
Author: geraldj@ames.net (Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, P.E.)
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 12:31:32 -0500
The clutch cable burns when the engine to chassis ground strap has broken, not battery to chassis. Been happening ever since they started using cables for the clutch. 73, Jerry, K0CQ -- FAQ on WWW: h
/archives//html/TenTec/1999-04/msg00434.html (7,676 bytes)


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