[ROVERNET - UK] P5 polarity - next question

[Eric Russell]

Thanks, Pete.
Bill greatly appreciates your efforts and those of
others who are trying to help him get a daily driver
P5 on the road. If you saw where he lived, you'd be
amazed at his goal.

Eric

--- McArdle <fmcardle at suffolk.lib.ny.us> wrote:

> Hi all again, 
> 
>        For the time being keep the coil + side
> grounded or running to the
> distributor. Keep in mind that the distributor is
> always the earth or
> ground side of a points system. 
>        I believe I saw , after I sent out my
> original posting that you are
> using an electronic system( Pertronix??) .  If this
> is the case then all
> bets are off. The system must be wired to the ground
> you are using
> according to the manufacturers specs. To put it
> simply the switching of
> the coil and the power both come from the same place
> in an electronic
> system and they must match and not pulse the other
> side. 
>       There is a very simple way of checking your
> actual coil polarity
> using a pencil and one of the spark plug wires. If
> you think you are
> having trouble let me know and I'll fill you in on
> how to do it. 
>       Some of the coils are what are know as
> balanced coils and don't
> really care how they are wired up initially however
> sometimes they take a
> set and don't take kindly to reversing. If it just
> seems to run crummy and
> start a bit harder then that could be your problem ,
> Let me know. 
> Pete McArdle
> Classic Racing Enterprises
> New York USA
> 
> 
> On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, Eric Russell wrote:
> 
> > Back at ya from Bill, the P5 guy.
> > 
> > Eric
> > 
> > ***********************
> > A little confusing on the coil issue.  The
> replacement
> > coil in the car is not labeled "SW" and "IGN", it
> only
> > has "+" and "-" and the "+" is
> >  currently grounded.  Is this correct for the
> negative
> > ground situation ??
> > 
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