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  • Guest

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    ignitor grounded to battery box?

    quick question, painted my battery box, does the ignitor ground to the box? Do I need to sand the paint off the landing points for the ignitor? thanks all!

    Greg
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    • Mar 2016
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    • Toronto Ontario

    #2
    oem is grounded through harness i think
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    • Guest

      #3
      super thank you!

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      • Steve
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        #4
        My 850 is grounded through the harness, I would imagine that the rest are, too.

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          i know i coulda figured this out for myself but i'm a bit bored given current circumstances.

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          • Redman
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            #6
            Originally posted by greg78gs750
            quick question, painted my battery box, does the ignitor ground to the box? Do I need to sand the paint off the landing points for the ignitor? thanks all!

            Greg
            Painting things, eh....? Part of a larger project, maybe.

            You didnt ask, maybe because you all ready know, but.......
            THe solenoid and the R/R do get their ground from the battery box, well, the solenoid mounting bolt. Hence why the ground wire from the wiring harness there.
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            • Guest

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              Yep, went to install the battery and noticed the batt box and frame cross member/tank mount were getting a bit broken-in, so gave them a quick coat of caliper paint. Not so much a larger project, just something to do on a saturday in the time of covid. Hope you are doing well, Dave, first confirmed case in muskegon announced this morning, Erin is at Mercy now and is a bit....worried about everything. Stay well!!

              Originally posted by Redman
              Painting things, eh....? Part of a larger project, maybe.

              You didnt ask, maybe because you all ready know, but.......
              THe solenoid and the R/R do get their ground from the battery box, well, the solenoid mounting bolt. Hence why the ground wire from the wiring harness there.

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              • salty_monk
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                #8
                I usually add another thick ground wire between the battery box & my single point ground (or in my case it's more of a "most of it goes here" ground). Just to be sure. There's a lot of sh*te on there that needs a good ground path
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                • Vamisk

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                  wrong thread
                  Last edited by Guest; 05-07-2020, 05:27 PM.

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