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Re: Low gauges, Temp. Comp., Damson

To: british-cars@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Low gauges, Temp. Comp., Damson
From: "Andrew C. Green" <acg@hermes.dlogics.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1992 09:50:27 CDT
Roger (rgb@hal.com) writes:
> Low gauges/electrical problems - 25% of the TR6's I've seen (same for other
> British cars) have the ground wire only hooked to the block.  The original
> has a tab for connecting to the body near the trottle cross bar.  Without a
> solid connection to the body, the ground "floats".

I've heard this term before. What does it mean? I recall being told in no
uncertain terms once that in order to connect non-grounded speakers to a
grounded stereo, I would need a "floating ground adapter". I never got an
explanation of how it worked, although it did solve the wiring problem at
the time.

-- Andy

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