Ground - Furuno CI-68 Installation Manual

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Ground

This equipment uses pulse signals which may cause interference to other electronic
equipment such as a direction finder and radio receiver, if it is not grounded properly.
It is strongly recommended to ground all cables referring to the guidelines below.
a) Separate all units as far as possible from radio equipment.
b) Do not run interconnection cables close to or near radio equipment or its cables.
c) Run the cables in the shortest path practical.
d) Lay the cables on grounded copper plate and fix them every 300 mm with metal
cable clamps.
e) Ground all units as shown in the figure below and on the next page.
f) To join copper straps, use solder cream for perfect contact.
Scrape off paint; groundthe armor
with a metal cableclamp.
Location of earth terminal on each unit and grounding method
To join the copper straps,use
solder cream or silversolder for
perfect contact.
Example of ground
CAUTION
Ground the equipment.
Ungrounded equipment can give off or receive
electromagnetic interference or cause electrical shock.
1. INSTALLATION OVERVIEW
Copper plate for main ground
(Ground to theship' s body every
80 cm.)
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