[Spridgets] Fwd: Positive ground phone charger

[Gmari2]

Thanks for all of the input everyone.   My solution is to have my security
staff follow the Sprite in the bullet proof SUV.  I'll make sure one of those
guys has their cell phone with them.  The advance team should make a GPS
unnecessary.
G

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On Aug 19, 2013, at 11:57 AM, Bob Kitterer <bkitterer at mac.com> wrote:

> As long as the lighter and what ever is plugged into it is not connected /
in contact with the body of the car it is fine. You just need to keep the
polarities the same.  The charger for the phone does not know how the battery
is wired to the car only if the polarity is the same.
>
> I isolated a radio and the antenna in my first sprite because I could not
afford the price of a positive ground radio and ran it that way for years.
>
> Bob and Dolores
>
> On Aug 19, 2013, at 7:16 AM, Gmari2 <gmari2 at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Ok group, what do you all think about the below.
>> George
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Positive ground phone charger
>>>
>>> Think before leaping :). If the battery is hooked up positive ground then
+
>> is always the ground.  It doesn't matter if you use an isolated plug n
reverse
>> the lead.. + is always going to be the ground.  The main cable off the +
>> terminal on the battery is going to ground and when u connect a new wire (
one
>> from your cig lighter) to the terminal it is still going to be + grounded.
>> Been there tried that. Only work around I have seen is a + grd to neg grd
>> converter.  I opted to convert to neg grd.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 17, 2013, at 6:51 PM, Gmari2 <gmari2 at verizon.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Greetings group,
>>>> Like an idiot, i installed a cigerette lighter to the Sprite in hopes of
>>>> having a usable phone charger.  The car is positive ground.  The lighter
>>>> itself works great at heating the coil to light a smoke.  But what is
now
>>>> painfully obvios is that it will not work at charging a cell phone.
>>>> Other than converting the car to negative ground, can anyone reccomend a
>>>> solution?
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> George
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