Hi Maine Sail
I recently decided to upgrade my autopilot from a wheel pilot to a linear drive unit. As well I am installing chartplotter at the helm. My question is this: The installer requested a ground cable directly from my battery bank rather than from my newly installed ground terminal. Is this common practice?
Thanks in advance
Notes: The boat is a 96 Catalina 380 with two 4D gel cell batteries mounted under the deck in the galley area. I ran a new 2/0 ground cable back to the aft lazerette for this installation.
I recently decided to upgrade my autopilot from a wheel pilot to a linear drive unit. As well I am installing chartplotter at the helm. My question is this: The installer requested a ground cable directly from my battery bank rather than from my newly installed ground terminal. Is this common practice?
Thanks in advance
Notes: The boat is a 96 Catalina 380 with two 4D gel cell batteries mounted under the deck in the galley area. I ran a new 2/0 ground cable back to the aft lazerette for this installation.