[ICOM] Dead 2720 check the gnd ??

[Paul Gates, KD3JF]

Don't ask me either... I had the fuses on the inside of the vehicle and watched the the cable burn till it got to the fuses.... Hard lesson to learn!
 
Paul, KD3JF
Glen Burnie, MD
FM19qd (Map Grid Square)


----- Original Message ----
From: D C *Mac* Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
To: icom at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Wednesday, June 7, 2006 9:24:50 AM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] Dead 2720 check the gnd ??


DO NOT  rely on your mount or the coax
for a ground!!!  Your negative lead  MUST
run all the way to the battery, just as your
positive lead does.  The negative lead also
MUST be fused for the safety of your rig.

Don't bother to ask how I know this!


Mac, K2GKK/5



----Original Message Follows----
From: Bill NY9H <ny9h at arrl.net>
Reply-To: ICOM Reflector <icom at mailman.qth.net>
To: ICOM Reflector <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [ICOM] Dead 2720  check the gnd ??
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 08:18:16 -0500

since it's mounted it's 'probably' got a great ground...
but I have lost a gnd in a car install before,,,, just an idea....

bill

At 11:40 PM 6/6/2006, you wrote:

>Hi guys,
>
>I got in my truck this morning and tried to fire up the 2720 and nothing. 
>The rig will not turn on. I checked the power cable and have 12v into the 
>rig and the cable from the main unit to the control head is secure on both 
>ends. Any suggestions where to start looking for the problem?
>
>Bill...KC5GNB


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