I am old and old school also, hence my desire to leave something that has worked for 70 years alone. You are risking the reversal of the all the good Karma that flowed through the vehicle in that time, sometimes it is best to leave well enough alone. I am not sure that this is a wise move, tempting fate and such.no offense meant........
Steve TC211, firmly grounded in a positive fashion
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[b]Subject:[/b] Re: [mg-tabc] YET another question on Pos to Neg on MG TA
No offence taken! Valid points all! You are right that there really is no good reason for doing this but I guess being old, old, old school, negative ground is in my blood!!! But conversely there is little to lose by going negative ground. Really all that needs to be done on a car with no modern gadgets is to reverse the leads on the ammeter. So, thanks everyone!
Dennis
On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 5:12 AM, ian thomson
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Without meaning to criticize you Dennis, the only question relevant for me here is Why?. Leaving aside the question of why the factory chose to make T types positive earth in the first place when previous cars were negative earth, why change something which works? Many people will cite the addition of modern appliances which come only in negative earth versions but even these work perfectly well if isolated from the metalwork of the car and having a wooden body helps in this regard. Simply connect the two wires correctly to the car wiring without while insulating the whole setup from the metalwork or, if there is only one power connector, connect the body of the part to the car wiring and the power connection to the car metalwork. Why make things difficult by having to do all the extra work of reversing polarity and running the risk of confusing future custodians?
No offence meantIan ThomsonNotts. UK
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