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Ground problem I dont understand

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Hot66ss
I was wiring up a relay today on my chevelle for an electric fan and was having some problems. ive wired up many relays before with no problems but for some reason the only way I could get this relay to work was if I ran the grounds (from the fan and the relay) directly to the battery, I have never had any problems drilling a good tight clean ground someplace on the body but after trying a few different places (bare metal spot on the frame rail, bare metal on floor pan) the only way I could get it to work was to go to the negative on the battery can anyone explain to why? I don't understand it

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Hot66ss
John, I do ill try that, but was hoping to just be able to run it to the frame rail or something

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The relay works because the fan is working fine right now, but the ground is hooked to the negitive on the battery, I will try the other spots you suggested tonight but still cant see why the clean metal spot on the floor pan didnt work
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