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Old 12-18-2011, 08:24 PM
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What is the difference in dealing with electrical grounds on a glass bodied vehicle? Does one make mods more like house wiring??
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Old 12-18-2011, 09:26 PM
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What is the difference in dealing with electrical grounds on a glass bodied vehicle? Does one make mods more like house wiring??
I do not understand the question. The C5 has no less chassis ground locations than any other vehicle.
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Old 12-18-2011, 11:28 PM
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I do not understand the question. The C5 has no less chassis ground locations than any other vehicle.
Exactly. what if I want to mount something on a plastic panel?
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That's easy. Run a suitable ground wire to the chassis somewhere. Or any metal part that is grounded.
Follow the rules of current flow.
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Old 12-19-2011, 12:28 AM
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That's easy. Run a suitable ground wire to the chassis somewhere. Or any metal part that is grounded.
Follow the rules of current flow.
Are the feeds to components that are entirely mounted to plastic 2 wire?
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Are the feeds to components that are entirely mounted to plastic 2 wire?
Yes, they would have to be. Plastic is non conductive to electricity.
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Yes, they would have to be. Plastic is non conductive to electricity.
Of course. I wanted to confirm that so if I wanted to tap into that was far from the frame I would not have to run a separate ground wire. For example, lets say I wanted to add an LED strip to the cargo light circuit.
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Of course. I wanted to confirm that so if I wanted to tap into that was far from the frame I would not have to run a separate ground wire. For example, lets say I wanted to add an LED strip to the cargo light circuit.
Again, there are chassis grounds all over the C5, you only need use the closest one to the device you are installing.


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