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RE: Conversion to Negative Ground

To: "Triumph List" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: Conversion to Negative Ground
From: "Randall Young" <Ryoung@navcomtech.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 19:38:55 -0700
> After bouncing around my options, I've decided that I do want a
> stereo in my
> TR4 and have decided that the best way to go about this is go ahead and
> switch it over to negative ground.
>
> The instructions look fairly straightforward, but I do have one question.
> The PO installed an electric fan on the front of the radiator.  The switch
> (temperature controlled) has a hot and ground wire connection.
> Will I need
> to switch these, or will the fan run in the correct direction after I've
> switched everything over?

It depends a bit on the switch ... is the ground wire red ?  Does it have
more than two wires ?

Most likely, the switch is mechanical and doesn't care about polarity, but
the fan motor does.  If that's the case, you'll need to switch the wires at
the motor.

Randall




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