Smart Start Box Ground Cable

[Kevin Donahue]

Hey guys,

I was wiring up some lights last night and I disconnected the ground to the smart start box behind the Guages to wire my lights to it.

Seems like its acting up sometimes now...
Any chance I friend my $900 box by not unplugging the batteries first?

I know you are supposed to disconnect batts before unplugging the entire box but does the same logic apply to the ground?

Could be an expensive mistake lol!!

 

[osteo16]

I'm not implying anything too logical here but, I don't have a ground wire on my box and it works fine.. I doubt disconnecting it would do any damage.. Just saying....

 

[TOBASH]

From your description I don’t know what you disconnected. That means I cannot answer your question.

In general always disconnect the batteries before all electrical work