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> > I thought about this some more. Remember all your EC-2 problems? Heavy
> > arching like this on ground is just the sort of thing that kills off
> > sensitive electronics.
> >
> > I'd put a volt meter between that hose, and a good aircraft ground, and
> > watch it while cranking the engine, just to be sure it doesn't
> > still want to
> > be your engine ground. An ohm meter reading from the hose to ground would
> > work as well, but not as directly.
>
> Yea. I've been thinking that too. We tested the ground to the engine and
> found it a little weak, but I don't think it was THAT weak. I'll be checking
> the ground path again later today.
>
> The point for others is that it's surprisingly EZ to damage an
> "indestructible" hose with amps and get an intermittent leak that's hard to
> find and could REALLY spoil you're day. A LongEZ driver (friend of Buly's)
> from near here crashed & burned recently with an engine fire (Rotax engine).
> That's what made me extra extra cautious.
>
> John
>
>
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