That is the easy solution, but has a hidden parel. If any part of the
radio/cell phone, antenna, etc, comes in contact with ANY metal part of the
car, you have a short and possibly a fire.
I know this from experience. I want'ed to put my ham radio in the Morgan
for
a trip I was to take. So I did exactly that, I connected the wires for the
2 trouble light pins on the dash to a connector that would apply power
appropriately to the radio. I was using a strap on antenna with a plastic
base on the rear deck. I rounded a corner and the radio moved and hit the
horizontal stringer the forms the front lip for the seat, all of a sudden,
there was a ton of smoke!!! I tried pulling the wires from the sockets as
I watched the insulation burn on the wire. Managed to get the wire out of
the socket, get a slight burn, and luckily NOT loose the wiring harness!!
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Manfred Brown [mailto:m-brown@dircon.co.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 1:23 AM
To: 'Steve Gilbert'; morgans@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Clairification of ignition warning light question!
I've not been following this so excuse what may be a stupid question: why
not just reverse the connections on the cigar lighter, if that is what you
connect your phone charger to? Mine is mounted in the wooden dashboard so
would be easy to reverse.
Just a thought
Manfred
1987 +8
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-morgans@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-morgans@autox.team.net]
On
Behalf Of Steve Gilbert
Sent: 3 April 2000 22:38
To: morgans@autox.team.net
Subject: Clairification of ignition warning light question!
Dear Morgan Folks,
Thanks for all the replys to my FOOLISH move to change a perfectly
fine Morgan from positive ground (as Mr. Lucas intended) to negative
ground (so I could hook up a cell phone charger)!!!
Perhaps I did not explain well. I'll try again.
1. I did have (new) generator polerized to be negaive ground(this was
done by shop that rebuilt generator.
2. I reversed wires on ammeter. The guage now shows a positive
movement when engine is reved... and less charge when at idle(looks
normal to me!)
3. HOWEVER... the "ignition warning light" is working backwards. At
idle it is dim or goes out. At higher rpm's light is on BRIGHT!!!
Backwards from normal.
Question #1. How can I fix the ignition warning light problem.
Question #2 What about wires to coil... Info from one source says
to reverse these. Fred's bedside reader says NO. Leave alone.
Thanks again
Steve Gilbert
67 4/4
Negatively Grounded in Auburn, CA
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