Re: Someone hooked the battery up backwards / new member 55 Clipper Deluxe

Posted by HH56 On 2021/12/12 12:29:00
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Marty or Marston wrote:
I glanced through this and didn't see any mention of the charge/discharge meter. With the polarity reversed the charge gauge will read backwards. So when the needle shows discharge the car is really charging, unless they switch the two wires on the back of the gauge.


In 55-6 Packard kept the 51-4 BAT and OIL idiot lights for the Clipper line and went to the full gauge setup for the Packard models. Idiot lights don't care about a polarity change but the coil still likes it better if it is wired to match the battery orientation.

Only exception to gauges vs idiot lights is because the 56 Custom Clipper was discontinued and became the Packard Executive overnight. They did this by replacing the Clipper fenders and front end styling with the Packard grill and fenders along with new side chrome and Packard name plates instead of Clipper. They kept the Clipper Custom interior and dash layout so the Executive is the only 55-6 Packard name offering with idiot lights.

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