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Old 02 October 2002, 11:08 AM
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Got a in-car battery charger... want to make sure that the car is equipped with a 12V negative ground electrical system

Anyone know?
Old 02 October 2002, 11:13 AM
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yes it is.
Old 02 October 2002, 11:14 AM
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that was quick

cheers Pete
Old 02 October 2002, 11:45 AM
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Along with everything else since about 1970

Bet not many like me have owned + earth cars
Old 02 October 2002, 12:40 PM
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My Wolsley was a +12v earth.

I will never forget the night the insulation wore through on the stereo chassis and sorted to earth , why use an in-line fuse when you can wire direct to the battery
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It's negative earth.

Pah, my moggie minor convertible was positive earth.

The great thing was that it uses a dynamo, not an alternator, and with about five minutes effort I converted it to negative earth. "The windscreen wipers run backwards"

Old 02 October 2002, 07:21 PM
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Dave,
there are a few on here who have cars that are even older than the positive earth lot, one of my cars dates from 1929, and way back then most things were neg earth, dunno why they ever changed really.
Ron.
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