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Date: Wed Dec 03 2003 - 18:26:41 EST
Oh, Julian, you missed the WHOLE point of the post.
TAKING THE POSITIVE FROM THE OPPOSITE END TO THE NEUTRAL DOES NOT IMPROVE
RELIABILITY.
There is just as much chance that the faulty connection is at the end where
you DID connect the incoming cable. You don't know where the fault is going
to develop. It could just as easily develop in the middle or the other end.
Bringing the connection in from the opposite end has JUST AS MUCH
probability of being on the WRONG end.
Copper bars are a nice choice although it is usuall the bar or cable
connection to the battery post that fails rather than the conductor itself.
Andina Foster,
> >If the bad jumper was near the end where the power connection was made,
them
> >most of the batteries, ie those on the other side of the faulty jumper
would
> >be out. If the bad jumper was near the opposite end to the power
> >conenction, then only the one or two batteries nearer the open end would
be
> >out of circuit.
>
> This is why I always take the positive lead from one end of the battery
> bank and the neutral from the other this means that if there is a bad
> link it will show up rather than leaving some of the batteries
> unconnected to the system.
> I also use copper bar to join the batteries together in the bank and
> only use wire as a last resort.
> --
>
> Julian Tether
> Barge Parglena
> e-mail:
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