Grounding Recommendations
F-2
F.2 Grounding Recommendations
F.2.1 To ground the ACU
The ACU should be grounded to the ship/hull. For this purpose you may use a short ADU
cable and a grounding kit. Further, the ACU must be grounded at its grounding stud in
order to ensure proper grounding if the short ADU cable is disconnected. For further
information, see To ground the ACU on page 2-27.
If you use the Extended cable support, make the ground connections through the cable
support. You may need to extend the ground plane using copper foil, see the following
section.
To extend the ground plane
In some cases it may not be possible to access the hull and at the same time place the
ACU in a suitable place. A way to insure good grounding and at the same time make it
possible to ground the coax cable - is to extend the ship ground plane by means of copper
foil. The maximum length of the foil is determined by the width of the foil:
Copper foil 5 cm wide: Max 50 cm
Copper foil 10 cm wide: Max 100 cm
Copper foil 20 cm wide: Max 200 cm
Connect the foil to the hull by plenty of screws or hard–soldering. Run the foil past the
place where the short ADU cable is to be grounded and mount a grounding kit on top of
the foil. For details on the jumper cable see Jumper cable for grounding on page F-10.
F.2.2 To ground the ADU
You can ground the ADU to the ship/hull via one or more of its mounting bolts. Make
sure to remove painting, dirt, grease etc. at the mounting holes in order to make good
The foil must be at least 0.1 mm thick.
Figure F-1: Extending the ground plane
Jumper cable
Cable to ADU
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