The Silver Streak E-mail ListArchive Files[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [SilverStreak] Newbie electrical ground question
Thanks for the response! I'll double check both wires on both sides. Bev On 18 Mar 2008 at 9:10, Jd Lyall wrote: Date sent: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:10:49 -0500 From: Jd Lyall <news@lyalls.net> Organization: Not Hardly S.A. To: sslist@tompatterson.com Subject: Re: [SilverStreak] Newbie electrical ground question Send reply to: sslist@tompatterson.com > Bev Harris wrote: > > I've been reading messages, and I'm hoping you folks can help. We picked > > up our "new-to-us" '64 SS 19' Saber. The tail lights were acting wacko and > > after researching on the web, I have finally figured out that the left tail light is > > not grounded. The ground wire coming out at the fixture doesn't look bad > > (there are 2 wires, one green and one black; since the black one is the > > ground on the right side, I assume the black is the ground on the left side). I > > peeled back a little bit of the insulation on the black wire in "front" of the > > crimped connector that creates the splice to the light fixture hoping maybe > > the splice was bad and I'd find a ground connection, but I didn't. I'd like to > > ground it, but cannot for the life of me figure out how to do it without tearing > > into the shell. > > > > Any and all advice is welcome. > > Black is supposed to be hot, white negative and green ground. You'll > have to put a multimeter on it to check the black and white. Check the > polarity. A radio shack meter has red for positive and black for negative. >
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