Originally Posted By: Trav
I saw that happen in trade school many years ago. I have also seen some batteries with 2 red or black cables because some needed one that would fit and didn't care what color it was.
I bought a mint 65 Lotus Cortina years ago that someone had jumped and smoked the wiring harness. It was a positive ground system.
That reminds me, someday I should find different battery cables for my MG. I think the British had positive ground cars for so long, they didn't swap colors when they went to negative ground. My MG has a big warning label under the hood advising that it is wired "negative Earth" since it hadn't been that long since they switched over, but the factory battery cables are black=positive and red=negative to confuse the heck out of people. The ring terminals on the engine block and starter solenoid are different sizes, so I can't just swap them. Had to make sure the Autozone guy knew that red is black and black is red when he hooked up his battery tester. I fear if I need a jump someday, some know-it-all won't listen when I say that the colors really are backward on this car.
I saw that happen in trade school many years ago. I have also seen some batteries with 2 red or black cables because some needed one that would fit and didn't care what color it was.
I bought a mint 65 Lotus Cortina years ago that someone had jumped and smoked the wiring harness. It was a positive ground system.
That reminds me, someday I should find different battery cables for my MG. I think the British had positive ground cars for so long, they didn't swap colors when they went to negative ground. My MG has a big warning label under the hood advising that it is wired "negative Earth" since it hadn't been that long since they switched over, but the factory battery cables are black=positive and red=negative to confuse the heck out of people. The ring terminals on the engine block and starter solenoid are different sizes, so I can't just swap them. Had to make sure the Autozone guy knew that red is black and black is red when he hooked up his battery tester. I fear if I need a jump someday, some know-it-all won't listen when I say that the colors really are backward on this car.