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grounding ssb and vhf radio on aluminium hull
I am installing radio equipment on an aluminium boat (Ovni 435)
In order to avoid electrolysis, what is the best way to ground vhf and ssb transceivers on a aluminium boat? I have to use a "floating power supply", so neither the positive nor negative power lead is connected to the hull. All installation manuals tell me I should ground my equipment (transceiver and antenna-tuner) with copper-foil to the hull. I think this would trigger 2 very bad disadvantages: 1. I would ruin my floating power because then I would also connect the hull to the negative power lead. 2. Copper on aluminium will cause heavy electrolysis Anybody out there who knows of a practicable solution? |
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grounding ssb and vhf radio on aluminium hull
Rupert Nagler wrote:
I am installing radio equipment on an aluminium boat (Ovni 435) In order to avoid electrolysis, what is the best way to ground vhf and ssb transceivers on a aluminium boat? I have to use a "floating power supply", so neither the positive nor negative power lead is connected to the hull. All installation manuals tell me I should ground my equipment (transceiver and antenna-tuner) with copper-foil to the hull. I think this would trigger 2 very bad disadvantages: 1. I would ruin my floating power because then I would also connect the hull to the negative power lead. 2. Copper on aluminium will cause heavy electrolysis Anybody out there who knows of a practicable solution? I am no expert on marine radio, but would the hull itself not provde adequate grounding? Remove "nospam" from return address. |
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grounding ssb and vhf radio on aluminium hull
"Rupert Nagler" wrote in message
y.telekom.at... I am installing radio equipment on an aluminium boat (Ovni 435) In order to avoid electrolysis, what is the best way to ground vhf and ssb transceivers on a aluminium boat? I have to use a "floating power supply", so neither the positive nor negative power lead is connected to the hull. All installation manuals tell me I should ground my equipment (transceiver and antenna-tuner) with copper-foil to the hull. I think this would trigger 2 very bad disadvantages: 1. I would ruin my floating power because then I would also connect the hull to the negative power lead. 2. Copper on aluminium will cause heavy electrolysis Anybody out there who knows of a practicable solution? Yes. You can connect the ground of the HF and VHF to the hull with a few large high-current/high voltage capacitors. This blocks DC to prevent electrolysis but it passes the RF. Meindert |
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grounding ssb and vhf radio on aluminium hull
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"Meindert Sprang" wrote: "Rupert Nagler" wrote in message y.telekom.at... I am installing radio equipment on an aluminium boat (Ovni 435) In order to avoid electrolysis, what is the best way to ground vhf and ssb transceivers on a aluminium boat? I have to use a "floating power supply", so neither the positive nor negative power lead is connected to the hull. All installation manuals tell me I should ground my equipment (transceiver and antenna-tuner) with copper-foil to the hull. I think this would trigger 2 very bad disadvantages: 1. I would ruin my floating power because then I would also connect the hull to the negative power lead. 2. Copper on aluminium will cause heavy electrolysis Anybody out there who knows of a practicable solution? Yes. You can connect the ground of the HF and VHF to the hull with a few large high-current/high voltage capacitors. This blocks DC to prevent electrolysis but it passes the RF. Meindert Meindert is correct in this situation. Use some High Voltage, Rf Capacitors to isolate the DC Grounds of the Radio's, and Ground stud on the MF/HF antenna autotuner from the hull. I like to use four or five ..1 uF 5000V Ceramic Transmitting Caps in parallel, for this job. Don't get sucked in and try to use Electolytic Caps. You need REAL RF Components for this job. Of course you could just PowderCoat the outside of the hull, and not worry about electrolys. Bruce in alaska -- add a 2 before @ |
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