I see what you mean. I'll try to refer to a vehicles negative DC
connections as connecting to the "frame". Especially on a Westy where
the 110V AC is a separate system.

Of course I could get really hip and cool and drag around one of those
antistatic strips behind my rear wheel. Then I might get away with
using the term "ground".   <kidding>    ;)

Neil.

On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 7:35 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Unless you have the chassis of the van connected to an in earth ground rod
> or connected to a grounded conductor through a 110V connection the chassis
> connection points really are not "grounds". Now here is where things get
> strange. In the battery electrons flow from the positive to negative plates.
> As everything is really a series circuit outside the battery the electrons
> actually flow from negative to positive. So the chassis is really the source
> and the wiring brings all those electrons back to the positive side of the
> battery.
>
> To make all DC electrical stuff learn Ohm's and Kirchhoff's laws, learn to
> use and interpret a meter and most things DC electrical will make sense.
>
> Dennis
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> neil n
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> Subject: Re: Won't run, yet I got 12 Volts ...

> Zoltan: if you need to establish a new ground,

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