John,
Just connect a battery up using POS ground and don't turn anything on. Try
your headlights and watch the ammeter. If the ammeter goes to the minus
side (-), your car is Pos. ground. If the ammeter goes to the POS (+) side
(showing a charge) your car is Neg. ground and you have to reverse the
battery connections.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: John Koslosky <velokos(at)pacbell.net>
To: <alpines(at)autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 1999 12:40 PM
Subject: Pos. or neg. ground??
> Just got back from the Hayward British Car Field Meet (at) Cal State
> Hayward, and guess how many Alpines? As of 11:00- none. But there
> was a Tiger in the parking lot... I tried unsucessfully to get my
> series 2 on the road last night for the 3 mile journey. And here's the
> Question I was faced with that prevented me from attending. How can I
> tell if my car is a neg. or pos. ground? The battery box was rusted
> out so I had a new one fabricated and inatalled. Now the dilemma is
> how to hook up the battery! The car is perfectly stock, as far as I can
> tell, and it does appear to have an original generator, and all original
> wiring, but I'd like to know for sure. Any instructions on what to
> look for to be sure one way or another?
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Robert (Bob) A.C. Hamilton, Waverley, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Man of Many Sunbeams - Alpine, Drophead and Saloon 1953-1954
Home Page: http://www.navnet.net/~hamilton/index.html
E-Mail: hamilton(at)cast.navnet.net
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