<VV> Still having electrical problems

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

 Without a doubt, good grounds are a MUST! These grounding straps are for RFI issues, but are stout enough (if they're all there) to improve the electrical ground to the engine. Of course, the main reason the negative battery cable goes to the engine is for this reason as well. 

One of the things modern cars do a LOT better is grounding. They invariably have a grounding wire from whatever electrical/electronic device to a good, solid ground. No metal clips, no grounding through the screws into the body/frame, etc., an actual, honest to God ground wire! A pretty good example to follow, actually, whenever you work on some part, like taillight sockets, etc., would be to add a grounding pigtail, and not rely on the socket clips to the housing to do the job. 

 

John Roberts
 

 

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From: LonzoVair <LonzoVair at aol.com>
To: cooperj123 <cooperj123 at msn.com>; virtualvairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sun, Feb 26, 2012 10:17 am
Subject: Re: <VV> Still having electrical problems




 
In a message dated 2/25/2012 8:28:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
cooperj123 at msn.com writes:


Hello All,  My '65 Monza sedan is still having an electrical  issue and I 
am checking to see if anyone else has experienced a similar  problem. First- 
thanks for the advice so far!  <snip> 3- The copper  ground straps from 
engine to body were in very poor shape- have been replaced  and ground is now 
ok. <snip>
 
Jim (and everyone else),
The three or four little copper straps that ground the engine shroud to  
the body are for radio noise suppression only. If you got your car or FC  
without a radio, it didn't come with the straps... also, if you DID get a  
radio, you also got a capacitor (a.k.a. condenser) installed on the voltage  
regulator and the coil (or if an EM, on the generator and the coil)... to  the 
best of my knowledge, all other grounding was done through the factory  
wiring harness or at the negative battery cable where it attached to the frame  
(on EMs) or the small pigtail on the LM ground cable. 
 
Someone more knowledgeable than me needs to correct me if I'm wrong...  
Ned? You did some schematics... what say  you?

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