[TR] Pertinox Wiring and General Comment

[Randall]

> The thing is, the car ran fine with points with the harness 
> wire on the negative terminal despite that the car is 
> negative ground!  Should it have been running at all, or just 
> with reduced power?  

Neither one, actually.  As John wrote, all the proper coil polarity does is
make the plugs somewhat easier to fire.  This could be an issue when the
ignition is marginal (eg plugs partially fouled, or points worn out); but
generally the effect on a well-tuned motor is negligible.  (The same is
actually true when running a Pertronix.)

But if you are going to say one is "right" and one is "wrong", the "right"
configuration is for the positive terminal to be positive.

Randall