battery polarity

Posted by SKane on February 13, 2006 at 04:06:28 from (24.194.223.179):

I"d like to know what determines the polarity grounding of a battery. Why is one system negative ground and another positive ground?

The specific tractor is an Oliver 550. The operators manual states that it is to be positive ground. Mine is negative ground and it works fine. It has a generator (not alternator) and the only difference I see from stock is that it has a different voltage regulator.

On a system such as this, what determines the polarity and theoretically would it matter if it is negative or postive ground?

Replies:

• Re: battery polarity Gary Schafer 08:01:05 02/13/06 (4)
  • Re: battery polarity RAB 09:09:45 02/13/06 (2)
    • Re: battery polarity John T 13:39:23 02/13/06 (1)
      • Re: battery polarity Gary Schafer 17:06:35 02/13/06 (0)
  • Re: battery polarity John T 08:09:13 02/13/06 (0)
• Re: battery polarity John T 06:25:23 02/13/06 (0)
• Two theories - Electron and Hole jdemaris 05:37:59 02/13/06 (1)
  • Re: Two theories - Electron and Hole txgrn 08:16:01 02/14/06 (0)
• Re: battery polarity Larry White 04:21:04 02/13/06 (3)
  • Re: battery polarity John T 06:14:42 02/13/06 (2)
    • Re: battery polarity Duner Wi 07:48:32 02/13/06 (1)
      • Re: battery polarity John T 08:01:56 02/13/06 (0)

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