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Date:         Sat, 13 Jul 2019 08:55:32 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Finding a short
Comments: To: David Boan <dboan@outlook.com>
Comments: cc: alex@mevay.org
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What Alex said.  You have an open ground on the house battery.  As soon as
you connect a load to it the positive terminal floats at chassis ground
level, and the negative battery terminal is now -12V to chassis.


Yrs,
d


On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 2:03 PM David Boan <dboan@outlook.com> wrote:


> I am working on correcting a short in my accessory wiring, and while
> making progress I have hit a plateau.  I thought someone might have
> experienced this and could save me much time searching ...
>
>
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