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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>While I would not want to burn up my D700 or car,
I can't help but wonder why for many many years Motorola or GE never
put a fuse in the ground of their commercial radios(tubes and
transistors). I don't remember a single case of a destroyed radio or fire
in a vehicle. Kenwood about 15 years ago included a fuse in the negative
lead, but before that no one seemed to worry about the "Floating Ground".
Has the automotive industry just gotten sloppy or what is the difference?
Today many cars and trucks have a heavy ground to the engine block and a light
wire to the body. Radio shops always got + directly from the battery and
negative from the metal case and a lead to the car frame (no fuse). Today,
most radio shops go to the fuse block and any convent metal dash
support.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>WA2WWK</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ron</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>