You can make the ammeter read correctly again by simply reversing the wires
that go to it.
Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
Email - bobmgtd@insightbb.com
52 MGTD - NEMGTR #11470
71 MGB - NAMGBR #7-3336
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave & Diana Dwyer" <dmdwyer@optusnet.com.au>
To: <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: Stuck in the '50s Again
> Hi John
>
> A few points that may help you:
>
> 1. It makes no difference to the car which way round the battery is
> connected. The only thing on your car that is polarity conscious is the
> ammeter, and that will simply read -for+ and +for -. Very often the whole
> system repolarises #itself# if the battery is reversed (my father-in-law
did
> this accidently to my wife's car). As long as the ammeter moves
predictably,
> the + and - arn't terribly important.
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