As is often the case, connecting directly to the battery for the negative lead is misunderstood. In today's world, it depends. The Battery Monitoring System (BMS) is a big deal in most of today's vehicles. To function properly, we should NOT CONNECT to the battery's negative terminal. That used to be good advice and may be bad today. See: http://www.k0bg.com/wiring.html.
As Alan, K0BG, states, "It WORKs." often means "WithOut Real Knowledge. Not all advice on this reflector is current or correct. Caveat emptor. BTW, using vehicle wiring for a 100 Watt radio can lead to losing the vehicle due to fire! I have seen the pictures. I worked in the Gulf of Mexico oil fields. I swatted down with gusto the idea of "It's only temporary." and "I can do it quickly." Do it right, even if it's for an hour or a weekend. 73, Bill, K8TE -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
