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Re: The Origin of Positive Earth?

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Subject: Re: The Origin of Positive Earth?
From: Chip Old <fold@bcpl.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 14:08:45 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, vafred@erols.com wrote::

> According to Henry Ford, who was positive ground until 1956, it made
> for much better spark and longer plug life.>>>>

That doesn't follow.  Regardless of low-voltage electrical system
polarity, high-voltage coil polarity is always arranged such that the
spark jumps from center electrode to side (grounded) electrode.

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Cub Hill, Maryland     1962 Triumph TR4  CT3154LO  CT3479E
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