[Spridgets] Negative ground coil

peter at nosimport.com peter at nosimport.com
Sat Apr 18 15:44:36 MDT 2015


Doesn't matter very much. Maybe a very slight difference in running. It 
certainly won't prevent starting.

Peter c


On 2015-04-18 13:20, Michael Rowe via Spridgets wrote:
> It is possible that the old coils were always for negative ground, and
> they had to be switched for positive ground. I can't find anything
> that says how the old BE ones were designed.
> 
> My BE wiring diagram shows CB going to the Distributor. Those were
> Positive ground cars. My 1275 wiring diagram shows "-" going to the
> distributor. Those were negative ground cars. Haynes says CB is "-"
> and positive ground cars have to be reversed, with SW going to the
> distributor. Either CB was always negative for all cars, or somebody
> besides me is wrong, which is not normally the case.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> FROM: Billy Zoom via Spridgets
> TO: Jon Paschke ; Gerard via Spridgets
> SENT: Saturday, April 18, 2015 1:14 PM
> SUBJECT: Re: [Spridgets] Negative ground coil
> 
> SW=switch, and CB=points, but you still have to know whether that’s
> for positive or negative ground. Are there no +/- signs on the coil?
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