Are US cars negative earth ?

As header really are all new US cars wired negative earth??
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listener wrote:

As header really are all new US cars wired negative earth??
cheers

Yes, though it North America it is referred to as ground, not
earth.

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listener wrote:
As header really are all new US cars wired negative earth??

Not only new ones. U.S. car batteries have had negative ground
as long as I can remember.


Patty

(listener) wrote in
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As header really are all new US cars wired negative earth??
cheers

Yes.

But I find the fact that you had to ask that question more
interesting than the question itself.

Do you run across many cars with positive ground electrical systems
where you are?

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN |

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"listener" wrote:

As header really are all new US cars wired negative earth??
cheers

Only some Biriths cars had +ve ground which subjec them to accelerated
corrosion?

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(listener) wrote in
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As header really are all new US cars wired negative earth??
cheers

Yes.

But I find the fact that you had to ask that question more
interesting than the question itself.

Do you run across many cars with positive ground electrical systems
where you are?

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN |

He's posting from Great Britain. I believe they are all positive
ground there. But then, why ask this in a travel group, unless
your going to travel here to replace a battery.

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(listener) wrote in
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As header really are all new US cars wired negative earth??
cheers

Yes.

But I find the fact that you had to ask that question more
interesting than the question itself.

Do you run across many cars with positive ground electrical systems
where you are?

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN |

He's posting from Great Britain. I believe they are all positive
ground there. But then, why ask this in a travel group, unless
your going to travel here to replace a battery.


Hi all
Ill be perfectly honest, I actually didnt want to blow my ipod up when i
bring the car charger over and plug it into the rental car,lol


In the UK ALL new cars and most older ones are Negative Earth (ground) i was
just curious that was all as i know sometimes the simplest things are so
different between different countries and was pretty sure ide heard of a few
posative earthed cars in the US.
thanks

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"Bert Hyman" wrote in message
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(listener) wrote in
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As header really are all new US cars wired negative earth??
cheers

Yes.

But I find the fact that you had to ask that question more
interesting than the question itself.

Do you run across many cars with positive ground electrical systems
where you are?

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN |

He's posting from Great Britain. I believe they are all positive
ground there. But then, why ask this in a travel group, unless
your going to travel here to replace a battery.


Hi all
Ill be perfectly honest, I actually didnt want to blow my ipod up when i
bring the car charger over and plug it into the rental car,lol


In the UK ALL new cars and most older ones are Negative Earth (ground) i
was just curious that was all as i know sometimes the simplest things are
so different between different countries and was pretty sure ide heard of
a few posative earthed cars in the US.
thanks

Ahhh - Now you're post makes a little more sense.

Not the Karl Orff wrote:

Only some Biriths cars had +ve ground which subjec them to accelerated
corrosion?

Biriths cars? Where's Biriths?

In article ,
listener wrote:

Ill be perfectly honest, I actually didnt want to blow my ipod up when i
bring the car charger over and plug it into the rental car,lol

:-) Figured it was something like that, involving a rental car.

In the UK ALL new cars and most older ones are Negative Earth (ground) i was
just curious that was all as i know sometimes the simplest things are so
different between different countries and was pretty sure ide heard of a few
posative earthed cars in the US.

I'm pretty sure that the old Volkswagen Beetles had positive ground.
Maybe some other older German cars imported to the U.S. did, too,
although my '71 Opel GT had negative ground.


Patty