m2 ATX, ground to chassis or battery?

**Snortonnorton** · 07-16-2007, 01:19 PM

of the 3 main power inputs, for the negative battery marked input, can I ground to chassis or is it better to hook up to negative battery?

thanks

**binary.h4x** · 07-16-2007, 01:23 PM

Chassis.

**DarquePervert** · 07-16-2007, 01:33 PM

addendum:
Bare metal on the chassis.

**Snortonnorton** · 07-16-2007, 02:19 PM

thankyou.

then why does the diagram call it the "negative battery -" input?

just curious as to if they think one way is better. grounding to the chassis is easier anyways so I don't have to route another wire all the way to the battery.

bye the way, does radio shack have the fuse taps so I can tap my acc. line to signal the m2 atx?

**binary.h4x** · 07-16-2007, 03:59 PM

Originally Posted by Snortonnorton

thankyou.

then why does the diagram call it the "negative battery -" input?

just curious as to if they think one way is better. grounding to the chassis is easier anyways so I don't have to route another wire all the way to the battery.

bye the way, does radio shack have the fuse taps so I can tap my acc. line to signal the m2 atx?

Technically, the negative battery is attached to the chassis too...

Radio Shack probably has the taps.

**brodgar** · 07-16-2007, 04:02 PM

Only a guess but I would say that they use the term "negative battery" to simplify for non English native speakers. What "ground " or "chassis" is in anything other than English I haven't a clue