AW: [Peugeot-L] Cigar Lighter Reversed Polarity

From: Bagheera <bagheera_at_freenet.de>
Date: 12/10/07


A similair problem at any Sunbeam - Prince Darkness-cars work with + at ground. To be sure about the system you´re working on - pull out a doorlight-switch for control !

Cheers

Jürgen

Jürgen Roterberg
Kreuzstr. 3
52379 Langerwehe/Germany
www.simcat.net

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Von: peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com] Im Auftrag von Bernard Kaye
Gesendet: Montag, 10. Dezember 2007 17:59 An: peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com
Betreff: [Peugeot-L] Cigar Lighter Reversed Polarity

OnIt would have been a disaster:

Before you were born, 60+ years ago, a jackass lieutenant told me to install and connect a British air to ground radio in a Marine Corps amphibious tank which I suggested not be done because we did not have a schematic.

He repeated his order and left. A mere Sergeant, I obeyed.

My assistant and I proceeded, bolted radio to a metal platform to ground it, wired main lead to a positive tank battery terminal: the tank had two Studebaker gas engines and large six volt batteries; I was in a tank park many miles from radio repair facility and without voltmeter, all of which I had explained to the officer.

Before throwing the metal toggle switch, I cleared the tank and with a mop handle as I leaned into the tank, pushed the toggle switch to on.

The tank was a write off, its electrical system severely compromised; the radio had a positive ground. On a clear day, I can still smell it.

You were wise to be cautious. When I bought a Motorola radio for my Austin; the radio and the Austin had positive ground.

Bernie Kaye

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