In a message dated 1/14/02 8:23:46 AM Pacific Standard Time,
mad@madgrizzle.com writes:
<< The battery, however, had negative
connected to the red (ground) and positive to the black (hot). I have yet
dared to try to even start the car unless I am sure that the wire colors
are just backwards. One would think red would be hot either way.
>>
Wire colors are just wire colors. We usually associate red with B+ (or "hot"
as many people refer to it) but there is no reason why this should
necessarily the case. Your clue is the (-) terminal of the battery which
connects directly to frame, making it a negative ground (or negative common,
or even negative earth as the Brits say).
I can't see why a starter motor would care either way.
Bill
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