The battery ground cable, or ground strap, connects the engine to the chassis, or in some cases, directly to the negative battery terminal. This completes the circuit for electrical devices that are grounded to the engine. When your vehicle doesn’t start and refuses to hold a charge, or your lights flicker or dim, it may be time to replace your battery ground strap. Since these signs can also point to a failing battery, you may need to test your ground.Braid is the conductor of choice where flexibility is required. It is sometimes used for electrically bonding parts of a vehicle, for example an exhaust pipe, door, or hood. At tower sites, braid is good for bonding swinging gates or doors to a ground system - flexibility is a must in such an application. Braid also has some degree of popularity for bonding amateur radio equipment to a common ground buss because of its flexibility. and each strand of the braid weaves in and out, back and forth across the braid. Currents must either follow that inductive weaving path, or "jump" from strand to strand where strands touch. There are of course many individual strands in parallel, so overall inductance should be low. And another question to consider is, with so many points of contact between strands within a length of braid, could there be a potential for noise in a critical RF environment? In braid's defense, one should keep in mind that coaxial cables for RF applications have traditionally been made with a braided outer conductor (for its flexibility), and it has worked well. On the other hand, it is interesting to note that high performance, low-loss coaxial cables use a solid outer conductor rather than a braided outer conductor.
Returns Policy
You may return most new, unopened items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. We'll also pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.).
You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).
If you need to return an item, simply login to your account, view the order using the 'Complete Orders' link under the My Account menu and click the Return Item(s) button. We'll notify you via e-mail of your refund once we've received and processed the returned item.
Shipping
We can ship to virtually any address in the world. Note that there are restrictions on some products, and some products cannot be shipped to international destinations.
When you place an order, we will estimate shipping and delivery dates for you based on the availability of your items and the shipping options you choose. Depending on the shipping provider you choose, shipping date estimates may appear on the shipping quotes page.
Please also note that the shipping rates for many items we sell are weight-based. The weight of any such item can be found on its detail page. To reflect the policies of the shipping companies we use, all weights will be rounded up to the next full pound.