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Re: Positive or neg ground

To: "Daniel S. Eiland" <deiland1@elp.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Positive or neg ground
From: Steve Laifman <Laifman@flash.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 15:09:24 -0700
"Daniel S. Eiland" wrote:

> Hi Listers,
>
>     Trying to find out on the old clocks which one are positive and which
> are negative grounds. I had two different clocks. One says "Fead Lead
> Negative" and the other says "Feed Lead Positive". Can someone explain which
> of these is a neg. ground and which is pos. ground?
>
>     If I understand these correctly, Feed Lead Positive is a negative ground
> instrument and the Feed Lead Negative is a positive ground instrument. Can
> someone confirm this please. Thanks.
>
> Dan Eiland

Dan,

"Feed Lead Negative" means the ground is positive (Not Tiger)
"Feed Lead Positive" means the ground lead is negative.

On the face of the instruments, either Smiths or Jaeger, there are usually very
tiny letters, sometimes near the part number, that might say "Positive Earth",
or "Negative Earth", except, of course, ammeters, oil pressure gauges and
speedometers.  Sometimes they put it on the outside of the case in the words
you mention, as well.  I've not seen one that didn't have the face labeled, but
I've not seen them all.

Steve


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