Wiring Help
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As long as YOU think so then, r85!!
The simple point I was TRYING to make before somebody started splitting hairs, [&:] is that a bad ground won't cause a fuse to blow, but a grounded out hot lead does. The function of a ground is to complete a circuit, without which, the power won't travel to it's destination.
As long as YOU think so then, r85!!
The simple point I was TRYING to make before somebody started splitting hairs, [&:] is that a bad ground won't cause a fuse to blow, but a grounded out hot lead does. The function of a ground is to complete a circuit, without which, the power won't travel to it's destination.
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RE: Wiring Help
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Only with DC current, AC current you don't need that ground...............I'm sorry I wanted to get in on this argument.
Only with DC current, AC current you don't need that ground...............I'm sorry I wanted to get in on this argument.
With AC current (home wiring) it's a "common" wire (usually white) that is needed to complete the circuit. Without a "common", the power still won't flow. Some people mistakenly refer to the common line as a ground. For AC wiring, the ground (either traveling through a ground wire or the metal casing) is what trips the circuit breaker should there be a hot wire that shorts out.
Now back to the problem at hand, I still think that haxmire has a hacked wire flopping around under the dash.
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There's a wise guy in every crowd! Slight change of subject, eh?
With AC current (home wiring) it's a "common" wire (usually white) that is needed to complete the circuit. Without a "common", the power still won't flow. Some people mistakenly refer to the common line as a ground. For AC wiring, the ground (either traveling through a ground wire or the metal casing) is what trips the circuit breaker should there be a hot wire that shorts out.
Now back to the problem at hand, I still think that haxmire has a hacked wire flopping around under the dash.
ORIGINAL: MadMikeZ28
Only with DC current, AC current you don't need that ground...............I'm sorry I wanted to get in on this argument.
Only with DC current, AC current you don't need that ground...............I'm sorry I wanted to get in on this argument.
With AC current (home wiring) it's a "common" wire (usually white) that is needed to complete the circuit. Without a "common", the power still won't flow. Some people mistakenly refer to the common line as a ground. For AC wiring, the ground (either traveling through a ground wire or the metal casing) is what trips the circuit breaker should there be a hot wire that shorts out.
Now back to the problem at hand, I still think that haxmire has a hacked wire flopping around under the dash.
The same could be said about DC. Too many objects drawing too much current will blow a fuse. But since he tried a larger fuse and assuming he does not have items other than what was factory installed on that fuse I would agree that there is a wire or plug or an internal short in what ever items that fuse powers.
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RE: Wiring Help
ORIGINAL: Camaro 69
There's a wise guy in every crowd! Slight change of subject, eh?
With AC current (home wiring) it's a "common" wire (usually white) that is needed to complete the circuit. Without a "common", the power still won't flow. Some people mistakenly refer to the common line as a ground. For AC wiring, the ground (either traveling through a ground wire or the metal casing) is what trips the circuit breaker should there be a hot wire that shorts out.
Now back to the problem at hand, I still think that haxmire has a hacked wire flopping around under the dash.
ORIGINAL: MadMikeZ28
Only with DC current, AC current you don't need that ground...............I'm sorry I wanted to get in on this argument.
Only with DC current, AC current you don't need that ground...............I'm sorry I wanted to get in on this argument.
With AC current (home wiring) it's a "common" wire (usually white) that is needed to complete the circuit. Without a "common", the power still won't flow. Some people mistakenly refer to the common line as a ground. For AC wiring, the ground (either traveling through a ground wire or the metal casing) is what trips the circuit breaker should there be a hot wire that shorts out.
Now back to the problem at hand, I still think that haxmire has a hacked wire flopping around under the dash.
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RE: Wiring Help
Mike, that's also why a house with old outdated wiring would be more likely to have an electrical fire. True, an overload can pop a modern day circuit breaker,as well as an overcrowded screw in fuse system. But, since older homes like yours don't have a grounding system, a short in the wiring can cause a fire at the source instead of popping the breaker/fuse. I get the feeling this post has strayed a tad from the original subject? Your comment also got me thinking...I wonder if haxmire was trying to use a microwave in his car too?
Your comment also got me thinking...I wonder if haxmire was trying to use a microwave in his car too?
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