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changing 1960 positive earth car to negative
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 3:50 pm
by cookie1071
what's involved with this and what are the benefits?? presumably everything works better?!
Re: changing 1960 positive earth car to negative
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:50 pm
by zippypinhead
A decent article can be found here:
http://www.minimania.com/web/SCatagory/ ... ticleV.cfm
Edited to add:
The only real "benefit" would be the wider range of accessories available. Not much made anymore for positive ground.
The electron (smoke) in the wires doesn't really care which way ground is.... It's just going around in circles.
Re: changing 1960 positive earth car to negative
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:04 pm
by cookie1071
Spot on cheers, just need to find wiring diagram for the car now - couple guys on here have been kind enough to email me some (tks Paul, Ronnie) but i don't think they're quite right, as neither shows floor start switch wired dirct to the battery. Niall.
Re: changing 1960 positive earth car to negative
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:24 pm
by Ronnie
cookie1071 wrote:Spot on cheers, just need to find wiring diagram for the car now - couple guys on here have been kind enough to email me some (tks Paul, Ronnie) but i don't think they're quite right, as neither shows floor start switch wired dirct to the battery. Niall.
It does I have sent the wrong index(I will sort it) 36(battery) 31(starter) 28 starter motor).
Re: changing 1960 positive earth car to negative
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 12:41 pm
by cookie1071
zippypinhead wrote:A decent article can be found here:
http://www.minimania.com/web/SCatagory/ ... ticleV.cfm
Edited to add:
The only real "benefit" would be the wider range of accessories available. Not much made anymore for positive ground.
The electron (smoke) in the wires doesn't really care which way ground is.... It's just going around in circles.
One final question, given i have brand new loom, regulator and refurbished dynamo, do i need to perform the procedure outlined in the link above?
Niall.