where is ground wire ?

[Laliberté Denis]

Hey everyone
I'm new on this forum
I bought last year a catalina 25 and I'm happy to find this catalina owner forum.
I have a question for you.The electricity doesn't work on my boat. I think it is a problem with the ground. My question is : where is the ground wire and the ground plate and where I can search for find where is ground disconnection.
I'm a french canadian and how you can notice, my english is not very fluent.
When your answer me, please, use simple words, like this one use in a scientific book.
Thank you very much.
Denis

 

[Laliberté Denis]

Hey everyone
I'm new on this forum
I bought last year a catalina 25 and I'm happy to find this catalina owner forum.
I have a question for you.The electricity doesn't work on my boat. I think it is a problem with the ground. My question is : where is the ground wire and the ground plate and where I can search for find where is ground disconnection.
I'm a french canadian and how you can notice, my english is not very fluent.
When your answer me, please, use simple words, like this one use in a scientific book.
Thank you very much.
Denis

 

[Stu Jackson]

Do you have an outboard or an inboard engine?

For the outboard, the ground is the negative wiring to the battery (or batteries).

For a diesel engine it is the engine itself which is connected to the negatives of the battery.

You should also learn about these skippers:

http://www.catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=3