Re: battery charge 55 400
Posted by Jim L. in OR On 2011/12/6 14:22:56
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mcmichael wrote:
i recently purchased a 55 400,it has a dead battery. my question is do i charge it positive to ground,or do i take it out and charge it positive to positive ? thanks im not very bright.............mcmichael
Don't feel that way. When I first got my Packards (a 1951 200 Deluxe and a '55 Patrician) I went through the same mind warp that you are experiencing. You aren't the first to get hung up on Positive Ground and you certainly won't be the last.
I discovered that both mine had been switched to Negative Ground. That can be tricky to discover with the idiot lights on the '51. But I found that when I hooked my '55 up Positive Ground, the Amps Gauge worked in reverse. I believe it was O_D or Howard who informed me that showed my car had been "converted" to Negative Ground.
Congrats on your choice of automobile.
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