David, Not talking about the negative side of the dc system or having any thing to do with the battery. Components on a boat have an internal ground for the electricity to flow back to the battery (negative side of the dc circuit) unlike a car where you might ground to the chassis. This is a separate bus on the dc panel which current can flow in case of a short to ground and helps with electrical noise in your electronics. You can ground the mounting plate on any DC motor or component you desire as they should be isolated from the power circuit like the green wire an outlet. Your DC is free floating from the bonding as is the AC and both AC and DC are free floating from each other.
Matt On Oct 21, 7:50 pm, BoatRDavid <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm fairly sure that I was tought that the AC ground should never be > connected to the DC ground (your bonding system). DavidO > > On Oct 21, 10:24 am, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > All that sounds good. > > > I would serges you put a theminal strip ware the bonding wire is hooked to > > the house zinc. then run a lot of separate #8 wire to each component from > > the teminal strip. This way if there is a brake in the wire, it will not > > effect the rest of the sys. Also connect a jumper wire to some other pieces > > that are bonded for extra security > > > Capt. > > > Perry > > Oct 21, 2009 12:34:22 PM,[email protected] wrote: > > > After some research this is how I am going to set up my bonding. What > > do you guys think? Daisy chain #8green marine grade wire from > > starboard engine -shaft log -strut - fuel deck fill - fuel filter > > housing - sea cock - rudder- trim tab-one side of large zinc plate on > > transom. Same thing down the port side but and sea cocks in the center > > of the boat. I will also be running a wire from the grounding bus of > > the AC panel to the bonding system and wire from the grounding bus on > > my new dc panel either to the bonding system or to the grounding bus > > on the AC panel(shouldn’t matter if because AC panel is already > > connected to bonding system) I will also run grounds from VHF and > > other electronics to the ground bus on the dc panel. I have recherché > > that the proper way to bond involves using on long no insulated strip > > down the center of the boat and branching out from there but I would > > prefer to do it as I described above, how are your boats set up? Does > > anyone run some sort of brush system to better bond your props and > > shafts? > > Thanks, > > Matt- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
