Wiring Q: switched neg. or pos. which is better?

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

They were the ones with the floating chassis. The case of a TV would be at 
240v (australia), easy enough to ground one hand and touch a TV that was 
powered off  :)
Woke me up a few times



Julie Macfarlane
"Its not just a car! Its an adventure!"
1981 MKI 2L 16v w 2Y
Amsterdam NY




>From: Gordon Forbess <gforbess@attglobal.net>
>To: GGehrke <ggehrke@gmail.com>
>CC: Scirocco list <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: Wiring Q: switched neg. or pos. which is better?
>Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 18:41:41 -0700
>
>On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 21:00:32 -0400, GGehrke <ggehrke@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >That said, in most cases a circuit is a circuit and if it's complete
> >it's on if it's not, it's off, and you can put the switch wherever you
> >damn well please.  I wouldn't mess with it.
>
>Well put.  It doesn't really matter much considering current "flows"
>at a speed approaching the speed of light and we're talking about a
>few feet of wire.  Just be thankful that VW didn't emulate the Brit
>cars that hooked the positive terminal of the battery to the body.
>Gordon
>
>75 Mk I/Drake 1.9
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