Date:         Fri, 21 Aug 1998 18:07:25 -0700
Reply-To:     marcus <marcus46@FREEWWWEB.COM>
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From:         marcus <marcus46@FREEWWWEB.COM>
Subject:      Re: WIERD SCIENCE -Reply
Comments: To: Mark McCulley <raven@HALCYON.COM>
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To orginal postee
Did you vent the battery?         Marcus

Mark McCulley wrote:
>
> At 08:41 AM 8/21/98 -0800, YauMan Chan wrote:
> >The ground point of the battery
> >much have a ZERO resistance to the ground point of the
> >alternator.  The floor pan of the van or any cars for  that
> >matter is not usually a good ground.  Trying running a ground
> >strap from the battery's negative terminal directly to the
> >engine ground (like the alternator mounting bracket.
> Nonsense. The floor pan of a Vanagon is indeed a good a ground source. Why
> would it not be a good ground source? It's steel and solidly welded onto the
> rest of the frame members. The stock battery installation is grounded to the
> battery box under the passenger seat which is welded to the floor pan. All
> electrical consumers are tied back to battery ground through the frame.
>