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    5/13/2013 8:21 AM  #1

    commish10
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    Grounding Cable or Grounding Strap

    What's the difference?

     

    5/13/2013 8:36 AM  #2

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    Re: Grounding Cable or Grounding Strap

    Same function, cable is insulated  and usually round, strap is flat woven braid uninsulated.

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    5/13/2013 5:39 PM  #3

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    Re: Grounding Cable or Grounding Strap

    Rudi wrote:

    Same function, cable is insulated and usually round, strap is flat woven braid uninsulated.

    A pal of mine is a whiz-bang electrical dude(not BB..another bud) He sez the wide braided wire is BEST for grounding. Something to do with the electrons flowing...er sumethin. I nodded off while he was giving me the theroy.
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    5/14/2013 9:49 AM  #4

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    Re: Grounding Cable or Grounding Strap

    Throttle cables do NOT! make good grounding straps. They give off too much smoke.

     

    5/14/2013 12:57 PM  #5

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    Re: Grounding Cable or Grounding Strap

    Once you let the smoke out it sure is hard to put back in.

    If this forum can't fix it, it isn't broke.
     

    5/14/2013 2:48 PM  #6

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    Re: Grounding Cable or Grounding Strap

    6sally6 wrote:

    Rudi wrote:

    Same function, cable is insulated and usually round, strap is flat woven braid uninsulated.

    A pal of mine is a whiz-bang electrical dude(not BB..another bud) He sez the wide braided wire is BEST for grounding. Something to do with the electrons flowing...er sumethin. I nodded off while he was giving me the theroy.
    6sal6

     
    Sal, I bet your buddy was referring to those old school grounding straps: an inch wide and a quarter inch thick.  Yeah I bet that's a good ground.  Your buddy was telling you that the electricity runs on the surface of the wire, not inside it.  The more wire strands, the more surface area, the better the electricity flows.

    Thanks DC for reminding us that we should ALWAYS replace the engine grounding cable when we have to take it off to work on the engine.

     

     

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