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Title: Negative or Ground
Post by: legin101 on May 25, 2020, 11:25:40 AM

Hi all i am reasonably ok with electrics and have a good idea how it works but i have a slight problem ive never come across before with the F2 its got a negative (Black) and a ground(Green) which ultimately go to the neg terminal of the battery. what is the difference and why.

nigel

Title: Re: Negative or Ground
Post by: Bryanj on May 25, 2020, 11:33:29 AM

Ground and earth are two terms for the same thing. All Honda loom earths are green but the heavy duty negative lead is black and positive red

Title: Re: Negative or Ground
Post by: mike the bike on May 25, 2020, 01:26:32 PM

And then the positive turns black 😃
Until you know what's what, best use a circuit diagram

Title: Re: Negative or Ground
Post by: Bryanj on May 25, 2020, 02:10:58 PM

Only turns black after its swiched on

Title: Re: Negative or Ground
Post by: mike the bike on June 06, 2020, 11:00:11 PM

If you connect it to the mains  it'll all turn black.