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Date:         Sun, 1 May 2011 22:35:01 -0400
Reply-To:     Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Won't run, yet I got 12 Volts ...
Comments: To: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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Unless you have the chassis of the van connected to an in earth ground rod or connected to a grounded conductor through a 110V connection the chassis connection points really are not "grounds". Now here is where things get strange. In the battery electrons flow from the positive to negative plates. As everything is really a series circuit outside the battery the electrons actually flow from negative to positive. So the chassis is really the source and the wiring brings all those electrons back to the positive side of the battery.

To make all DC electrical stuff learn Ohm's and Kirchhoff's laws, learn to use and interpret a meter and most things DC electrical will make sense.

Dennis

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of neil n Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2011 4:24 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Won't run, yet I got 12 Volts ...

A not long ago, Mark Drillock kindly educated me on ground importance. It's so easy to discount the lowly ground. It takes 2 to tango.

Not to get off track (What? me?), but re-doing grounds may have improved things for my conversion.

Zoltan: if you need to establish a new ground, be sure to get past the gray primer. I found that in poor light, it can look like you're down to metal but you're only down to grey primer.

Given your body work etc., I'm bet you know this, but posted anyway. :)

Neil.

On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> Zoltan.. > the ground side of any cirucit is just as important as the power supply > side. > > equally important.

-- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"

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