Positive vs Negative ground. Is there an engineering reason?

Electrons flow from negative to positive but does one ground or another; give more amps? Charge easier? Give a hotter spark?

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 ...

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 ...

ELI5 What's the difference between negative and ground in circuits?

Only the positive side needs wiring, the negative side is just grounded to the chassis. Some older vehicles do have reverse polarity meaning the ...

Negative Ground vs Positive Ground History Question.

I believe that use of a positive ground was introduced by telephone systems. By making the voltage carried on the telephone wires -48 Volts with ...

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

In the early days of electronics the engineers thought current flowed from positive to negative, but at some point they relized that the current ...

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 positive ground was used on old cars, trucks and tractors

Furthermore, I speculate on why negative ground is used today. At the end of the video, I answer some questions and offer some helpful hints.

Help me understand the relationship between positive, negative ...

Some circuits need a negative voltage, so the positive side of a battery would be "ground". Some circuits need positive and negative voltages, ...

Why positive ground? - The Ford Barn

The reason is simple: the DC voltage keeps noise low and can be easily generated from regular lead-acid batteries, normally around 12 volts. In ...

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, ...

What is the difference between positive and negative ground and ...

Positive and negative ground refers to what is connected to the automobile chassis - negative terminal of the battery or positive terminal ...

Pros Cons of positive ground vs. - Yesterday's Tractors

Red Dave and Andy have it right. There's no physical or engineering reason favoring one ground polarity over the other. Negative ground simply has become the ...

Working With a Positive Ground - AutoRestorer

An original electrical system with a positive ground will function just as well as a negative ground system, but it may lead to complications if the car is ...

Positive ground. - Electric power & transmission & distribution

positive ground is the preferred arrangement in low voltage DC systems. The entire DC system, thus earthed, will be negative with reference ...

negative ground? - MTFCA Forum

Why is the negative terminal of the battery negative? The answer is that's where the electrons are. The protons are hanging out at the positive battery terminal ...

Positive/negative ground | BobIsTheOilGuy - Bob is the Oil Guy

In the past some cars had 'positive ground'. Such vehicles were found to suffer worse body corrosion and, sometimes, blocked radiators due to ...

Positive Ground or Neg. Ground? - Red Power Magazine

The reason some older vehicles used a positive ground system was because their manufacturers did not realize that metal erosion caused by sparking.

Negative Ground vs Positive Ground History Question. - Page 2

As the complexity of the vacuum tube and the surrounding circuit design increased it became more efficient to use a negative ground and a ...

The reason our cars were positive ground in the begining. (Page 2)

In that time only diodes were strong enough for the current required to charge a battery, around 1953-1955, it was simpler to have a negative ...