[TR] Pertinox Wiring and General Comment

[Bob Wanderer]

 Electrons flow from negative pole to the positive pole. 


That depends on whether you look at it from the chemical [reaction] point of
view or the electronics point of view.

Drove me up the wall many years ago when I had a Chemistry class on Mondays
and Wednesdays and a EE class on Tuesdays and Thursdays!

BobW Montgomeryville, PA (near Philadelphia)
1974 TR6

-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of John Herrera
Sent: Sunday, 31 October, 2010 4:36 PM
To: terryrs at comcast.net; Triumph List
Subject: Re: [TR] Pertinox Wiring and General Comment

> Now, what I recall from my Navy electronics days (uhm, more than 3 
> decades
ago), electrons flow from positive to negative, holes flow from negative to
positive, and it is the difference in potential between the two that makes
one "negative" as opposed to "positive." In other words, a positive 20 volts
will run to a positive 15 volts because the difference in potential is still
a negative 5.

Electrons flow from negative pole to the positive pole. Holes, or lack of
electrons, flow from the positive pole to the negative pole.

The coil will work when connected either way, but the spark plugs will work
very slightly better when the wire from the ignition switch is connected to
the positive-marked coil connection on a negative earth car, and to the
negative-marked connection on a positive earth car.

John H.
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