[Healeys] Grounding

Ron Ray ronald-ray at sbcglobal.net
Thu Jul 14 17:44:18 MDT 2011


Thanks Peter,
 
The + side of the coil is going to the points, so the car is still positive
ground.
 
Ron
 
 
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Caldwell [mailto:peter at nosimport.com] 
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 12:47 PM
To: Ron Ray
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Grounding
 
If the coil was wired correctly, then the ground should be the wire 
going to the points, and the coil will show + or -.
         Several if's there, though.
Peter C
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At 12:05 PM 7/14/2011, Ron Ray wrote:
>Chris,
> 
>I should have mentioned that there is no batter in the car.
> 
>Ron
> 
>Ronald J. Ray, RA, CCS, CCCA
> 
>Ray and Associates
>811 West 35th Street
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> 
>From: Chris Dimmock [Healey] [mailto:austin.healey at gmail.com]
>Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:57 AM
>To: Ron Ray
>Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Grounding
> 
>Look closely at the battery - the terminals on the battery should indicate
>which terminal is + and which is -
>Then it's just looking to see which battery cable connects to earth/ground.
>If the negative terminal on the battery connects to earth - its negative
>earth.
>If the positive terminal on the battery connects to earth - its positive
>earth.
> 
>Best
> 
>Chris
>On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 2:16 AM, Ron Ray <ronald-ray at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>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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