Dave,
Since you both live in Dublin, CA., do you and Greg Gowins know each other?
WFO Herb
"Vrba, Dave" wrote:
> On a negative ground auto, why should the battery disconnect be installed on
> the NEGATIVE or GROUND side?
>
> I've got mine (the one with the green knob) on the HOT or POSITIVE side and
> a neighbor saw it the other day and said I was a dork, switch it around. I
> got the disconnect without any instructions and used my diminishing brain
> (over 50) capacity to deduct that disconnecting the HOT made more sense.
> (Now I understand why the battery connection lug had to be split open wider
> to fit the POS + post.)
> Anyway, what's the reason / philosophy to disconnect on the ground side?
> Thanks,
> David L. Vrba
> '62 Sprite MKII (Still needing a clutch)
> Dublin, CA
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