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Ground strap .. to the hood??



hood will shield electromagnetic interference better if it is electrically
connected to the rest of the engine bay. this further prevents electric
noise from the coil/wires/plugs from reaching the radio antenna. also is
part of a requirement as per the FCC.
Al

----- Original Message -----
From: "T. Reed" <treed2@u.washington.edu>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 8:44 PM
Subject: Ground strap .. to the hood??


> So I've been wondering about this for a while.. my 87 16v has a factory
> ground strap from the body to the hood. What could this be for?? I don't
> have anything electrical on my hood.
>
> The only two possible explanations I could come up with are:
> 1) the ground strap is for the heated washer nozzles that were available
>    in the cold weather package and they screwed up at the factory and
>    installed them on all cars not just the cold weather ones. I find this
>    unlikely because why wouldn't they just run an extra wire to the
>    heater?
>
> 2) it's there to protect you somehow in case a downed power line lands on
>    your hood. that seems pointless because the hood is bolted to the body
>    anyway, and if there's a layer of insulative paint on the hood anyway,
>    I don't think a layer of paint on the bolts/brackets between the hood
>    and body is going to prevent that kind of juice from getting through.
>
> or
>
> 3) it has something to do with preventing static electricity buildup from
>   cosmic pixie dust rubbing on the car at 120 mph, which could cause an
>   arc and start a fire inside the engine compartment.
>
> Anybody know what the real story is?
>
> -Toby
>
>
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