[Healeys] Grounding

[Bob Spidell]

One cable from the battery should go to the solenoid, the other should be bolted to the chassis. Find the one bolted to the chassis and follow it to the battery. Whichever terminal on the battery is connected to that cable indicates chassis 'ground' (more correctly called 'common'). 

If the battery terminals aren't labeled, the positive terminal is usually larger in diameter than the negative. 

Bob 

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Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Ray" <ronald-ray at sbcglobal.net> 
To: healeys at autox.team.net 
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 9:16:46 AM 
Subject: [Healeys] Grounding 

Folks, 

Is there any way to tell if a car is positive or negative ground? 
The previous owner used a red positive battery cable for both the positive 
and ground cables. 

Thanks, 
Ron 
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