Gas Fill / Tank Vent Ground

[John R]

Did any of you connect a ground wire to the hulls bonding ground to the Tank Fill and/or Tank Vent? there is a wire (green - for hull ground, right?) next to my tank vent but there is nothing to actually bolt it on to. The tank vent looks judt like and is arrange like this Perko (which it might be): http://www.perko.com/cgi-bin/perko.p...509-vents_info ...

Thanks,

John

[Dave Hirshberg]

John , you don't need to ground the tank vent but the fill needs to be grounded to the tank first then the rest of the boats grounding system.

[ScottM]

My boat doesn't have a bonding system - is that bad? Just so I'm sure we're talking about the same thing, it would be a metal bar fixed to the keel with a ground wire to it, right?

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I HAVE A SEPARATE LITTLE TAB ON THE GAS TANK THAT I ATTACHED MY GREEN GROUND WIRE TO I ALSO ATTACHED A GREEN WIRE TO THE GAS FILL I THEN CONNECTED TO A SEPARATE WIRE BLOCK UNDER MY CENTER CONSOL AND THEN RAN A THICK GREEN WIRE FROM THAT TO MY BRASS THROUGH HULL SCOOP THAT FILLS MY LIVE WELL. IF YOU DO IT CORRECTLY YOU NEED A BOAT GROUND PLATE THAT COST’S ABOUT $50.00 AND HAVE EVERYTHING CONNECTED TO IT, BUT MOST GUYS ARE OK WITH THE SCOOP SINCE IT IS ALWAYS IN CONTACT WITH THE WATER OTHER GUYS USE THE MOTOR SINCE IT IS IN THE WATER AS WELL I LIKE THE BRASS OF THE SCOOP NOT THE ALUMINUM OF THE MOTOR ALL MY ELECTRONICS GREEN GROWN WIRES ARE CONNECTED TO THAT WIRE BLOCK AS WELL.
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[ocuyler]

Can I use the drain plug fitting?

[PipeDreamsMarine]

I would use a DYNA plate for all of the bonding system. Bonding to though hulls is asking for trouble, if you keep you boat in all the time. And bonding to the motor..well just think about it .. Aluminum and salt water and a twist of electrons....