With car electrics (and a boat may be similar), the reason is that if the engine grounding strap fails (or is removed and not replaced), the starter motor can draw current via the radio negative lead which leads to damage and possibly fire.
73 Dave, G4AON ----------------- >I wonder why the manual recommends that the negative lead should be >fused? Can anyone explain this for me? ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
