> I'm caught in the middle of a couple of feuding technical "experts" > on a probably trivial issue. > Some Mobile radio power cords are fused on only the positive line. > Others are fused on both lines. > One's logic is you only need one fuse. The other maintains their > communications shop lost all the radios with only one fuse to a > shorted power supply and none of the dual fused radios were > effected. The one fuse expert says that is BS and the other is lying. > What is the collective experience/knowledge on here for this topic? > Thanks in advance for your thoughts & 73 > Budd
It all depends on the radio and how it is wired. Assumming a standard 12 volt negative ground car. If you go directly to the battery with both leads and you loose the normal car ground to the battery , then all the car's electrical requirements try to go through the radio's groundwire and can fry the rig if it is not fused in the negative lead. If you do not go directly to the battery with the radio's negative wire but hook it to the frame of the car then this will not hapen. Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
