[Rhodes22-list] advice on ground for battery

[Lou Rosenberg]

  Hank,
  Yes I missed that important article ! Much thanks for the link  and 
the info, printed it out & will study and adopt.
   I knew enough not to connect the lightning ground to my future 
electrical loads.  The article recommends a sq ft  ground plate for 
salt water.  Im sure there is a long thread about this matter on the 
list and will access it.  The lazarette  has to be ruled out as the 
easiest place to install this plate, where would you advise placing 
it?
  Will use the grounding bus but still want the security of knowing my 
mast is properly 'grounded'.
  Lou



>Lou, what is it you are trying to accomplish?  If you are trying to
>ground all of your electrical devices (batteries, lights, radio, etc.)
>then you can install a ground bus and just tie all of the grounds
>together.  Since you don't have an inboard engine you won't tie this
>ground to the block like the manuals all say.  You won't actually have
>an "earth" ground, but that is not needed in an electrical circuit if
>you are running a ground wire from each device back to the negative of
>the battery (or a grounding bus if the battery negatives are also
>connected there).  You do not want to tie any of these grounds to
>anything that is in contact with the water.
>
>Your ground for the mast/lightining rod should be isolated from your
>electrical ground or you are guaranteed to fry your electronics if you
>are struck by lightening.
>
>You might want to check out the following article.
>
>http://www.sailmail.com/grounds.htm
>
>Have fun,
>
>Hank
>
>
>On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 15:12:51 -0500, Lou Rosenberg <lsr3 at mail.nyu.edu> wrote:
>>
>>
>>   Roger,
>>   Thanks again, but to be totally honest where to I install this 
>>ground plate??
>>   and will I have to lift it off my trailer to to this?
>>   thanks
>>  L
>>
>>
>>
>>  >Lou,
>>  >
>>  >Look in the West Marine 2004 Master Catalog on pp. 74.  In the upper left
>>  >corner of the page, look at a product called the Guest Dynaplate Sintered
>>  >Bronze Ground Plate.  The appropriate size for a Rhodes 22 is the 6" X 2" X
>>  >1/2" Guest M/N: 4006.
>>  >
>>  >Roger Pihlaja
>>  >S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>>  >
>>  >----- Original Message -----
>>  >From: "Lou Rosenberg" <lsr3 at MAIL.nyu.edu>
>>  >To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>  >Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 10:53 AM
>>  >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] advice on ground for battery
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >>    Rhodies,
>>  >>      Although I have been consulting Don Casey's book on Electrical
>>  >>  wiring I still dont see a good spot for ground wire of system on my
>>  >>  Rhodes.  Can anyone advise please?
>>  >>    The bolts on my CB cap are not grounded.
>>  >>    any advice appreciated
>>  >>    Lou
>>  >>
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