Hi Jeff,
At the GOF in Newton, Hal Kramer, who is an electrical engineer,
touched on this question briefly. He said that there is a small benefit
to Negative Earth, in that the spark jumps across the plugs more easily.
I vaguely recall some long-lost tuning book in which there was an
illustration of a fellow holding a spark plug and using a pencil to test
the direction of the spark--from tip to base or base to tip. I always
wondered how he could maintain his stability to view the spark, as there
was probably another one passing simultaneously through the soles of his
shoes. Nevertheless, it was considered significant at that time.
Why do you want to convert to Negative anyway, unless it is to allow
easy fitment of radio/stereo equipment?
Bob
On Mon, 7 Jul 1997 16:29:48 -0400 "Editors, Molecular Vision"
<jboatri@emory.edu> writes:
>Hello list!
>
>I am sure that this has been discussed before, but here goes:
>
>I have a '65 Sprite that is positive ground. I've seen several
>articles
>about converting to negative ground. I am planning to do this. First,
>though, are there ANY positives to leaving it positive? Second, am I
>assured of losing coil efficiency, or is there a way around this?
>
>TIA,
>
>Jeff
>
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>Editor-in-Chief, Mol. Vis. '47 Cessna 140 (in pieces)
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