[Ford-ferguson] battery charging

[Ferguson,Ernie]

Basically the grounding only determines the direction the electrons flow.  When you charge the battery you are causing a chemical reaction to store energy in the battery.  All you have to be concerned with is the RED connector to the charger being on the + positive terminal of the battery and the BLACK connector to the charger being on the - negative terminal of the battery.  
 
Ernie Ferguson

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From: ford-ferguson-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com on behalf of Richard Greer Jr.
Sent: Sun 3/25/2007 1:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [Ford-ferguson] battery charging



that is what has me confused because ground is always ground and  the way I
have it is the red is the the + and   is also the ground .the black is hot
but it sure doesnt seem right to work that way when the red is going to the
ground! to me its grounding itself out! whats keeping the battery from
killing itself! My + always goes to ground!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
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Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Ford-ferguson] battery charging


> The red goes to the ground (+), and the black goes to the negative (-)
> which would be the "other" or "hot" battery terminal. In any case, the
> top of all batteries are marked with the plus and minus signs molded in
> next to the posts, and, for battery chargers (and virtually everything
> else using direct current), red is always positive, and black is the
> negative, regardless of how the ground is set up for the particular
> machine. Very rarely, you will see other colors used for positive, but
> black is always negative.
>
> Mike
>
> Richard Greer Jr. wrote:
>> Mike all of the equipment is the way it is supposed to be as positive
>> ground. so what is it to be ? The red on the ground and the black on the
>> positive when the 6 volt  switch is on when charging ?
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
>> To: "Ford-Ferguson mailing list"
>> <ford-ferguson at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 9:01 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Ford-ferguson] battery charging
>>
>>
>>
>>>The Ford 8N originally came from the factory set up for 6 volts positive
>>>ground. That doesn't mean that it might not have been changed at some
>>>point in the last 55 years. (This is also true of those green, red,
>>>gold, and purple tractors of the same era.)
>>>
>>>Mike
>>>
>>>Richard Greer Jr. wrote:
>>>
>>>>   I do own a Ford 8 N a 51 model. i do hope that someone can set this
>>>>straight1 I have also 2 John Deere Bs all of which has the 6 volt
>>>>batteries
>>>>from New holland now!   I have a Sears Battery charger which has both 6
>>>>and
>>>>12 volt charging and electronics !  I always am worried about charging
>>>>on
>>>>the wrong side due to knowing some chargers do automatically go to the
>>>>positve ground on the 6 am I right or was this mistakingly !    So what
>>>>is
>>>>the right answer for all mine needs charging!   Have a great day!
>>>>
>>>>Richard
>>>>
>
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