Technical ever see an arm bushing grounded?

Wait. Bonding jumpers (static electricity) help eliminate travel sickness??Now I've heard everything. I think we're done here, folks.

For some reason this reminds me of briefings we gave the grunts before chopper rides. Puke or "Ralph" as some call it, is not fun to clean up. Air sickness bags were sometimes, but not always available. In that instance they were asked to puke in their hat. One guy had to puke really badly after landing in a field, gets off the aircraft... and pukes in his hat.

 

Generators have the same deal. The GND post has a bonding wire direct to the voltage regulator base. This makes certain the regulator is at the same ground potential as the generator, or it can get confused and peg to the high side or somesuch.

 

The chain bleeds off the static to ground. Even fuel moving through rubber hoses can build up a big static charge.

Also if you've ever watched someone attaching a sling load to a helicopter while it hovers, the first thing the guy on the ground does is discharge the static buildup on the aircraft to ground, or they can get knocked on their *** hard. The spinning blades build up quite a charge.

 

That was the first thing I thought of when I saw this thread.

When I first started turning wrenches as a 20 year old newb, I had an Omni come in with a bad P*** side wheel bearing. Put a new one in, it came back a week later bad again, put in another one, it came back a week later again....after the third time it came in, one of the more seasoned guys in the shop came over and said, "it needs a ground strap....", he showed me where to put it and I never saw the car again. It sure would toast a wheel bearing fast with out it.

 

I would think it would be needed on newer cars with ABS and ride control. The suspension is isolated with the rubber bushings.

 

He got it covered, yo.

 

Or he's just ****in' with everyone....

 

Lol. Ok Fixed it! No longer rice controlled! Just boring ride control

 

any time i work on military stuff, i find lots of these ground/bond straps. always thought it was because of the potential "air lift" static problems. on gpw jeeps the radiator had two, one at each mounting bolt. body to fender, body to hood X2, etc......

 

I have to ask. Did you look at the other corner or side and see a bonding wire there?

 

I did and It did not have one. The ground strap went between the strut bolts and the strut tower. Weird stuff but it worked. Also added two more straps on the head and trans bolts just to make sure. I hated that car by then.

 

I'm lost and it's probably my lack of asking correctly. Did the other remaining wheel/s have bonding wires?

 

It could be, that one strap would dissapate static charge. Years ago the common quote was, a 20 cent washer cost GM big bucks, when they built many of that model.

 

Okay , this is wide open to insert a pun here but I will p***.

 

Helicopters build up static electricity mainly from the air going over the fuselage...and yes it can be
a large buildup.