Grounding Cables

[Phochem]

Hi, have heard so many bros in this forum DIY their grounding. Juz wish to compile a small pricelist for cables types n places to get them. Share ur kang tao with the rest .

 

I have attached a excel file "cables.xls". Pls help out. update the file. dun worry the file is not a virus file and i have scaned the file before uploading it. Thanks, Thanks n Thanks!!!!

Cables.xls

[Dr_evo]

I just did star-grounding to my 1.3l car and realised a better mid-band response though not very significant... The diy magnets tat i had installed indeed gives better fuel consumption at about 10% so far i had measured. It aso gives better low-band response.. not so on mid...

 

den i went on to install a home-made steel surbo (after filter) and to my surprise, i get impressive pickup on mid and high-band response but at the expense of more fuel becos of the venturi effect... fuel consumption is now on par but with a much better acceleration... now i'm so happy

 

just some of my comments on various diy experiments

[Esky]

What kind of DIY magnets did u use? Where u buy from aah?

[Dr_evo]

I use Neodymium Iron Boron magnets from the spoilt harddisk ... it's very strong and best of all, free! the trade-off is the low curie temperature and therefore need proper heat insulation to get it to work for yrs...

 

btw the total amt i spent on diy mods:

1) magnets - free

2) surbo - $9.00 (china stainless steel plate)

3) grounding cables and lugs - $22

 

but effort=??

Edited January 13, 2003 by Dr_evo

[Koolaba]

There's a place in Sin Ming selling block-shaped neodymium magnets. It's called Nihon. Chk yellowpages for the contacts.

[Esky]

Thanks Koolaba! Do you have any idea on the approx price? And how big are the magnets they're selling?

 

 

Dr Evo,

 

did u find out the polarities first before deciding which end of the magnets to use? And did u use attracting or opposing halves?

 

Last time I emailed the Mundimex ppl, who sells commercial and consumer magnets, and they told me this:

 

"Thanks for your inquiry. For fluids such as hydrocarbon fuel and water

we use the South pole. North for air. This is the right hand electron

spin rule that applies to magneto-hydro-dynamics. More on www.mundi.com"

[Koolaba]

I'm not too sure abt the price. The magnets are available in different sizes. Get e smallest ones

[Dr_evo]

U can use a compass to check the polarities of the magnets... btw, i didn't use it on air becos it's not effective... you just tie it to the fuel line will do ...

[Esky]

Speaking of polarities, they're actually not as simple as they seem to be: when u see N on a magnet, you'll assume it means the end which points to the north, and therefore it's the north pole of the magnet, right? But it can actually be the SOUTH pole of the magnet, coz it's the South that's attracted to the North pole!

 

So Dr Evo, which end of the magnet do u install onto the fuel hose?

[Dr_evo]

The compass north will point to a south pole so i can be easily identified... or if u do not have a compass, can use a needle and stroke it with the magnets... den make it float on water... the tip pointing north direction is the north pole and can be use to identify the south pole of the magnet...

 

i dun use the end of the magnet... i use both polarity becos u can imagine the magnetic field lines as moving from north to south and therefore if u use both the lines r very straight and less magnetic leakage.. since fuel or water is diamagnetic, it aligns to the field lines and becomes more structured provided the field is strong... whereas for air, not effective leh although oxygen is paramagnetic and will stick to magnet...

[Esky]

What's diamagnetic and paramagnetic?

[Dr_evo]

Here are the definitions:

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/solids/magpr.html