Negative Ground vs Positive Ground History Question.

My understanding is that the negative conductor suffers more corrosion than the positive conductor in a floating circuit.

Negative Ground vs Positive Ground History Question. - Page 2

The big plus to a negative earth was it would potentially trip the circutbreaker of any positive feed that leaked to the hull.

Positive vs Negative ground. Is there an engineering reason?

No shortage of questions “Is my car positive or negative ground?” Confusing because The industry was never consistent. Model T vs A was ...

please explain postive ground to me - Red Power Magazine

The ONLY difference is current in a positive ground system flows the opposite direction from current a negative ground system. Think of left ...

What are the tradeoffs for positive vs. negative ground?

It is partly a matter of convention and standards, and partly because positive earth encourages galvanic corrosion* of the surrounding ...

positive or negative ground | Yesterday's Tractors Forums

If the positive battery terminal is connected to the chassis the wiring is positive ground. If the negative terminal is connected to the chassis ...

Why positive ground was used on old cars, trucks and tractors

... question of why positive ground was used on old cars, trucks and tractors. Furthermore, I speculate on why negative ground is used today. At ...

Positive vs negative ground - The Ford Barn

The article, "Why Negative Ground?" was in the September 2009 issue, #398. The simple question about a relatively modern occurrence was ...

Why Neg. Ground vs. Pos. Ground? - The Jalopy Journal

For the most part, American car manufacturers used positive ground electrical systems in the 6 volt days (except for GM, REO, Ford Model T's, ...

Why did cars and trucks in the 1950's switch from positive ground ...

Because it became entrenched the backward notion that electricity flows from positive to negative and the sheer number of cars produced with a ...

Why Neg. Ground vs. Pos. Ground? | Hot Rod Forum

For the most part, American car manufacturers used positive ground electrical systems in the 6 volt days (except for GM, REO, Ford Model T's, ...

Negative or Positive ground? : T-Series & Prewar Forum

Question 1 could the ground situation have occurred during the installation of the battery? Question 2 what are the dangers of flipping the battery making the ...

Positive ground or Negative ground. What have you?

Positive. Goes with my outlook on life (except during election years). Read somewhere that positive ground produces somewhat better ignition spark (can't ...

Up until about 1960 (approximately) most British cars had positive ...

Henry Ford used positive ground on his cars for some years. Most GM models were negative earth, but Cadillac used positive earth up to WW II.

Why positive ground? - The Ford Barn

Negative ground just means the negative side of the battery goes to ground or in our case frame. Second - Negative voltage is only a reference ...

Positive vs Negative ground. Is there an engineering reason? - Page 2

Splitdorf literature is explicit that the primary side (batteries) cannot be grounded, since the engine (and thus the spark plugs) are grounded.

Positive Ground Question - Pierce-Arrow Society

Using only one wire, requires a common ground such as the chassis to carry the other polarity. It doesn't make any difference which one is ...

Why did some older cars have + grounded systems? | BobIsTheOilGuy

Why did some older cars have + positive grounded systems? assuming to the beginning of time most? were - negative ground.

arduino - Positive vs negative, power vs ground, flow direction

(This comes up frequently; have you checked other questions on the definition of voltage?) The key to understanding current is that it flows ...

positive or negative grounding? - Subaru Outback Forums

edit: The way to tell if a car is negative or positive ground, is to see which battery terminal attaches to the chassis. The chassis is the ...