On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Rocket J
Squirrel<camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, yeah, if you don't gots metal to crunch lock washer teeth into, then
> ALL ground wires need to be brought out into the open for daily visual and
> mechanical inspection. I bet, though, that if there is sufficient metal to
> support the relay, there's sufficient to carry the small amount of current
> that the coil needs. Once you've cut through the paint and scales and
> barnacles and rust, that is.
> --

Yes. Daily inspection. Heh.

For sure. It actually worked fine as-was. The relay clunked initially
when engine running, and I saw voltage at aux battery posts go up. In
fact nearly equal (~14V) voltage at both batteries. But to use the
washer you kindly linked to, I'd have to remove
undercoating/barnacles/road-kill at contact point under battery box.
Doing that would've sucked. Just getting my 10mm wrench under that end
of battery box to hold bolt head when tightening, was a bit like a cat
with his paws stretched way out trying to get his toy out from under
the couch. Of course removing the wheel would have helped. <grin>

But now I have a shiny new wire instead. One I can inspect daily. <grin>

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