the star washer would 'supposedly' dig in to the metal and
give you a ground... BUT!
...you are minimizing the actual contact area.
You would be much better off cleaning the areas down to shiny
bare metal... coating the surfaces with electrical contact grease
which will insulate the metal from the air and limit/retard future
tarnish of the contact area. Make sure your washers/eyelets/whatever
are flat for maximum contact surface.
Paul Tegler
1973 MGBGT - daily driver
1980 Spitfire - in re-hab
1978 Spitfire - in superb Shape
wizardz@toad.net http://www.teglerizer.com
-----Original Message-----
From: artworks@bigfoot.com (Paul Nelson) <ya632@victoria.tc.ca>
To: rsexson@excite.com <rsexson@excite.com>; mgs@autox.team.net
<mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: Grounds
>At 14:47 9/29/99 -0700, rsexson@excite.com wrote:
>>
>>Has anyone used a star washer under their grounds? Does tris seem like a
>>workable solution to grounding problems? How about soom discussion on
this.
>>
>>R. Sexson
>>74.5 B
>>58 Bentley {for a little while}
>
>
>I would start with shiny metal. Electric wire brush, emery cloth,
>whatever, and new shiny bolts and washers, and new ground cable.
>Paul Nelson
>
> "If you need this kind of efficiency in your life, you should get
>a computer.
>The kind to have is a "DOS" computer ("DOS" is an acronym, meaning "ROM".)
> The other kind of computer is the Apple, which I do not recommend,
>because it is a wuss-o-rama new-age computer that you basically just plug
>in and use. This means you don't get to participate in the most
>entertaining aspects of computer owning, which is trying to get the
>computer to work. This is where DOS really shines. It is way beyond normal
>human comprehension."
>Dave Barry
>
>-- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
>safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> --Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania
>
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