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battery and grounding
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<blockquote data-quote="GTS225" data-source="post: 481991" data-attributes="member: 6678"><p>Quite probably. If you follow your negative battery lead, you'll most likely discover that it's connected in some fashion to the boat hull. It might go to your motor's electric starter, but that, too, will ground the hull through the engine mounting.</p><p>Anytime you connect the positive to the negative, (whether accidental or on purpose), without something utilizing that power, (like a light or starter), you get uncontrolled amp draw through the connection, thus arcing and sparks. It's not something you want to do, or keep doing.</p><p></p><p>Roger</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTS225, post: 481991, member: 6678"] Quite probably. If you follow your negative battery lead, you'll most likely discover that it's connected in some fashion to the boat hull. It might go to your motor's electric starter, but that, too, will ground the hull through the engine mounting. Anytime you connect the positive to the negative, (whether accidental or on purpose), without something utilizing that power, (like a light or starter), you get uncontrolled amp draw through the connection, thus arcing and sparks. It's not something you want to do, or keep doing. Roger [/QUOTE]
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