Gas Fill / Tank Vent Ground

[PipeDreamsMarine]

A green Bonding wire is not the same thing as a Black "ground" wire. "Ground" is the return path for electrical power. All of your electrical equipment (radios,fish finder and engine systems)needs a ground to work. "Bonding" or Green wire is for an "earth ground" just like a ground rod on your house. All of your green wires should be to metal objects (t-tops towers, bow rails, though hulls, struts and antenna grounds)then they should run to one point at which it passes though the hull (DYNA plate)thus making the "earth ground". If per chance you where hit by lightening you would stand a better chance if the boat is bonded, this gives the juice a way though the boat to earth. By putting the green wires to Battery ground you are putting stray current back into your equipment and anything else that is bonded and in salt water this make electrolis. I hope this helps...In the case of bonding the fill a good bond will take and static charge and remove the danger of spark, by bonding back to the battery you stand the chance of causing some kind(a small chance) prolems with static discharge. The sending unit on the gas tank is an electrical unit so, it's gound should go back to the battery. But the wire from the tank tab should go to the bonding system

[ June 19, 2003, 01:49 PM: Message edited by: PipeDreamsMarine ]