[Boatanchors] Partially OT Topic

[Carl]

Roughly half wre positive ground in the 6V days.

Positive ground is actually better as you wont get the acid buildup on the 
battery terminal. However the requiurements of the SS revolution dictated 
negative ground.

Carl
KM1H

BTW, some farm tractors were 6V into the 80's and most are probably still 
running.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Hardie- W5UQ" <W5UQ at verizon.NET>
Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 3:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Partially OT Topic


>I remember working on a radio in a Dodge/Chrysler or Plymouth and the
> radio worked on a POSITIVE GROUND.
> A friend told me after I was "bumfuzzled", trying to make it
> work......... I was a teenager then.  Even though I had rewired a
> dynamotor from 12/24 VDC to 6/12VDC for my mobile rig, the positive
> ground in a car was strange to me.   I believe I was about 15 years
> old.  That would make it 1955.
>
> Just thought that fact was interesting.
>
> Bob
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