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Pos Ground...Battery Charging?
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Geo Hahn
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Same battery charger, just connect negative to hot post on battery then connect positive to a good ground away from the battery (such as the engine block).
Yes, you can also jump it from a 'modern car', same drill really. Connect ground on donor car to hot/negative post on the Healey battery. Then connect positive post on donor to ground on Healey. Again, the idea is to make the last connection be a ground connection that is well away from the battery as the last connection may spark (& could ignite the hydrogeon from the battery if the final connection was made to a battery post).
Important that the 2 cars are not in anyway touching -- you probably don't want to stand there with a hand on each fender either.
May help to recite (aloud) 'red to positive' and 'black to negative' as you do each connection. These things (jumps) are often done under stressful conditions (mother-in-law watching, snowstorm, etc) so it is a good idea to think thru each step before you do it.
Yes, you can also jump it from a 'modern car', same drill really. Connect ground on donor car to hot/negative post on the Healey battery. Then connect positive post on donor to ground on Healey. Again, the idea is to make the last connection be a ground connection that is well away from the battery as the last connection may spark (& could ignite the hydrogeon from the battery if the final connection was made to a battery post).
Important that the 2 cars are not in anyway touching -- you probably don't want to stand there with a hand on each fender either.
May help to recite (aloud) 'red to positive' and 'black to negative' as you do each connection. These things (jumps) are often done under stressful conditions (mother-in-law watching, snowstorm, etc) so it is a good idea to think thru each step before you do it.
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no shorn,its not red right returning,its red left leaving!do you live in arizono or somtin?yooooooooo!
Gentlemen,
It is "red - right - returning." The reference is to nautical vessels. They have 2 lights side by side on the bow, red on the left and green on the right. When you are traveling at night and see the red light on the right it means the vessel is coming toward you (returning). That way in the pitch black environment of night you can tell if a vessel is approaching you or moving away from you.
GregJ
It is "red - right - returning." The reference is to nautical vessels. They have 2 lights side by side on the bow, red on the left and green on the right. When you are traveling at night and see the red light on the right it means the vessel is coming toward you (returning). That way in the pitch black environment of night you can tell if a vessel is approaching you or moving away from you.
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red left leaving works as well, however it does not roll of the toungue very well.
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No ! Dead easy to remember - left is Port and right is Starboard and there are ALWAYS lots of red lights in a port for raunchy sailors !
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red left leaving works as well, however it does not roll of the toungue very well.
GregJ
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No ! Dead easy to remember - left is Port and right is Starboard and there are ALWAYS lots of red lights in a port for raunchy sailors !
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Gentlemen,
It is "red - right - returning." The reference is to nautical vessels. They have 2 lights side by side on the bow, red on the left and green on the right. When you are traveling at night and see the red light on the right it means the vessel is coming toward you (returning). That way in the pitch black environment of night you can tell if a vessel is approaching you or moving away from you.
GregJ
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Greg--
Well we're probably getting a bit far afield from the world of Healeys, polarity or even battery charging, but here's how it works: The compass is divided into 32 points, (points, cardinal points, intercardinal points, etc.) so that each point equals 11.25 compass degrees. Vessels' sidelights (red/green)are visible from dead ahead to two points (22.5 degrees) abaft the beam (or behind a line drawn perpendicular to the vessel's centerline). Every vessel must yield the right of way to another vessel (forget now about motor vessels versus sailing vessels and big ships versus small boats)that is approaching from dead ahead through 90 degrees on the right. So if I am proceeding along and see a vessel's red (port) sidelight in this quadrant I must yield the right-of-way if we are in a meeting circumstance. He, under the same circumstance will see my green (starboard) sidelight and know that he has the right-of-way. Essentially it is a system of seagoing traffic signals. I believe that aircraft use the same system.
The "red-right-returning" rule refers to which side channel entrance markers are to be kept when coming in from the sea (generally speaking red (even numbered) buoys are to be left to starboard or "right". Similarly "red-right-reducing" is the rule when running down a system of markers as in the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway where green markes are kept on the left and reds on the right when heading south. As with all rules there are exceptions....
Gentlemen,
It is "red - right - returning." The reference is to nautical vessels. They have 2 lights side by side on the bow, red on the left and green on the right. When you are traveling at night and see the red light on the right it means the vessel is coming toward you (returning). That way in the pitch black environment of night you can tell if a vessel is approaching you or moving away from you.
GregJ
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Greg--
Well we're probably getting a bit far afield from the world of Healeys, polarity or even battery charging, but here's how it works: The compass is divided into 32 points, (points, cardinal points, intercardinal points, etc.) so that each point equals 11.25 compass degrees. Vessels' sidelights (red/green)are visible from dead ahead to two points (22.5 degrees) abaft the beam (or behind a line drawn perpendicular to the vessel's centerline). Every vessel must yield the right of way to another vessel (forget now about motor vessels versus sailing vessels and big ships versus small boats)that is approaching from dead ahead through 90 degrees on the right. So if I am proceeding along and see a vessel's red (port) sidelight in this quadrant I must yield the right-of-way if we are in a meeting circumstance. He, under the same circumstance will see my green (starboard) sidelight and know that he has the right-of-way. Essentially it is a system of seagoing traffic signals. I believe that aircraft use the same system.
The "red-right-returning" rule refers to which side channel entrance markers are to be kept when coming in from the sea (generally speaking red (even numbered) buoys are to be left to starboard or "right". Similarly "red-right-reducing" is the rule when running down a system of markers as in the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway where green markes are kept on the left and reds on the right when heading south. As with all rules there are exceptions....
tahoe healey
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The old term,"posh", became another term for elegant. It came form "P"ort side "O"ut, "S"tarboard side "H"ome (Europe). Rich folks wanted the sunny side on their Atlantic crossing. This has nothing to do with this red/green light stuff but it's just some trivia you reminded me of.
Thanks Michael,
Yes, red,right returning does refer to the channel bouys. Of course, I probably shouldn't have entered this post in the first place, but what the heck.
No Anthony, not Arizona, but Seattle and at one time the US Coast Guard Base in Alameda. Which reminds me, the Navy boys used to say that Coastees had to be at least six feet tall so that they could wade ashore in case their boat sunk. Of course all this doesn't matter unless someone is shipping a Healey overseas.
Yes, red,right returning does refer to the channel bouys. Of course, I probably shouldn't have entered this post in the first place, but what the heck.
No Anthony, not Arizona, but Seattle and at one time the US Coast Guard Base in Alameda. Which reminds me, the Navy boys used to say that Coastees had to be at least six feet tall so that they could wade ashore in case their boat sunk. Of course all this doesn't matter unless someone is shipping a Healey overseas.
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Seems to work both ways. You are probably right.
