Hi, Andy,

My 19b is 19397, so if yours was bonded by the factory then mine
probably was, too. I appreciate the offer of a photo, I'll write you
off-line about that issue.

Reiterating, I'm talking about a wire that leads from the battery
negative side bus bar to the rudder assembly. This is probably not the
bonding that you and others are talking about. Now, I know for a fact
that the battery was put in by the previous owner. And the reason I
think the bonding was homemade is because the ring connector to wire
junction has been made the the mother of all cold solder joints! We're
talking ugly, dull and lumpy, to the nth degree.

-John

On Mar 5, 5:53 pm, Andy wrote:
I have no reason to think the bonding in my 19b (19356) was not
factory original. The bonding on my 28 certainly is. Some Schleicher
factory stuff looks home made. Don't let that make you think it's
not factory original. Glider manufacture is a cottage industry. Didn't
you notice the German garden hose fittings in the water ballast
system?

Andy