On Mar 9, 3:56*pm, "noel.wade" wrote:
Quick follow-up question:

The stock diagram and Becker harness uses the outer braid of the
shielded wire as a ground connection.

Could I use the inner braid as the signal wire and a _separate_ wire
as the ground wire? This would avoid requiring me to solder the ground
connection onto the outer braid and make it easier to fab up the wire
harness; but I'm dumb when it comes to electrons so I don't know if
the ground connection is needed in order for the shielding to be
effective...

Help?

Thanks!

--Noel

Noel, you have to ground ONE side and not the other for the grounding
to work. If you don't, those electrons can't go anywhere, and if you
ground both sides you get the potential of current flow through the
bonding connection you create.