[Healeys] aux power in pos. ground car

[bighealey at charter.net]

In your case yes.  Center tit must be positive, outer surround negative. 
Keep the outer part away from anything exposed and connected to your 
chassis (positive ground) lest let out much bad harness melting smoke.


On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 7:44 AM, S and T Miller wrote:

> I found a nice 3M automotive twin (can do two cars) power cord 
> (#03873na) that
> Wal-mart sells for about $6.00.  It is fully insulated with a plastic 
> end cap.
> I plan to cut the cig lighter plug from the end and attach bullet 
> connectors
> and a inline fuse.  I am going to plug into a power source and ground 
> under
> the dash.  Being pos ground (and I want to keep it that way- no reason 
> why,
> other then I want it that way) as long as I keep the GPS unit or cell 
> phone
> charger/ phone fully isolated from any grounding source it will not be 
> an
> issue.  I plan to keep the power outlet under the dash probably on the 
> parcel
> shelve.
>
> Wanted to get a second option on two things:  The positive would be 
> the center
> of the cig lighter jack(lack of a better term- nipple).  And the 
> inline fuse
> should go on the positive side and not the negative side, right?
>
> The Millers
> "British Car Nuts"
>
> "Always drive them, but remember each drive in an antique car is a 
> test
> drive."
>
> "Rust is just natures way of saying- should have been a hole there".
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