Are US cars negative earth ?

I actually didnt want to blow my ipod up
when i bring the car charger over and plug it
into the rental car

You might want to post your question to one of the web sites that
specialize in info for iPod users, and you'll probably hear from people
who've actually tried that. For example...

http://www.ipodlounge.com/
(click the Forums link near the top of their home page)

If you're planning to play your iPod through the rental car's radio,
you could do it via an FM transmitter or a cassette adapter. I use a
cassette adapter with my iPod; it's an inexpensive solution and works
great; however your rental car might not have a cassette player.

Jim

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 22:40:48 GMT, sechumlib
wrote:

Not the Karl Orff wrote:

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

Biriths cars? Where's Biriths?

Between Air and Yoorop.
Hi - small world:-)


Cheers, Alan, Australia

Patty Winter wrote:
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.

You used to be able to buy devices that would flip the polarity of the
car's voltage, to allow you to use negative-ground devices in a
positive-ground car. So, I suppose positive-ground cars were sold in
the US at some pointgrin...

(I think they were just a crude switching power supply with 12V output)
--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com

"Maxx." wrote in message
. ..
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.
That's because right hand drive requires positive earth. On the other hand,
in Australia, both terminals are connected to ground - otherwise the cars
would fall up.

JohnP

"John Pezzano" wrote in message
...

"Maxx." wrote in message
. ..
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.
That's because right hand drive requires positive earth. On the other
hand, in Australia, both terminals are connected to ground - otherwise the
cars would fall up.

JohnP
Fair enough. But doesn't "positive earth" also cause the
lights to shine backwards?

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 20:57:47 GMT, "Maxx."
wrote:


"John Pezzano" wrote in message
.. .

"Maxx." wrote in message
. ..
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.
That's because right hand drive requires positive earth. On the other
hand, in Australia, both terminals are connected to ground - otherwise the
cars would fall up.

JohnP
Fair enough. But doesn't "positive earth" also cause the
lights to shine backwards?

Yeah. it's a bit of a bugger getting around backwards with
anchors to stop us falling off the planet, but somehow we
still get here.


Cheers, Alan, Australia

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


In all vehicles around the world the negative terminal (GND) of the battery
is connected to the chassis.

Dwayne

Dwayne wrote:
"listener" wrote in message
...
As header really are all new US cars wired negative earth??
cheers


In all vehicles around the world the negative terminal (GND) of the
battery is connected to the chassis.

Wrong...!

"Dwayne" wrote...
"listener" wrote in message ...
As header really are all new US cars wired negative earth??
cheers


In all vehicles around the world the negative terminal (GND) of the
battery is connected to the chassis.

Dwayne

Hmmm: http://www.jcna.com/library/tech/tech0023.html

Dwayne wrote:

In all vehicles around the world the negative terminal (GND) of the battery
is connected to the chassis.


Whatever happened to the old idea of not bother to answer something if you
don't know the answer? Do some people insist on spouting what they believe to
be the answer whether or not it is right, or do they intentional give false and
misleading answers to honest questions?

Dwayne should have said that most newer vehicles are negative ground. There are
still some vehicles around with positive ground electrical systems.