I'm not positive (forgive the pun), but I think ideas have changed on that in the UK and you again don't fuse the -ve lead, but I'll need to check. 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174, P3 #108 -- In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine?
On 2 Apr 2011, at 09:03, Dave, G4AON wrote: > With car electrics (and a boat may be similar), the reason is that if > the engine grounding strap fails (or is removed and not replaced), the > starter motor can draw current via the radio negative lead which leads > to damage and possibly fire. > > 73 Dave, G4AON > ----------------- >> I wonder why the manual recommends that the negative lead should be >> fused? Can anyone explain this for me? > ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

