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CraigA
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Stumbled across this on the web.
http://www.rediscoveradio.com
Collector Cars and Music
Do you love your collector car and also want to enjoy your favorite music when you go for a drive? What if you could use the original radio and enjoy your favorite music at the same time, for hundreds less than either radio replacement or conversion?
At last, you can enjoy the music from a CD player, iPodŽ, Sirius/XMŽ satellite radio, cassette player, or a simple portable FM radio without removing or modifying the original AM or AM/FM radio!
Looks like a really cool product to liven up your original radio.
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With the American dollar the way it is now it makes for reasonably cheap conversion. Looks good
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Im going to ask the question. Are we a 12 volt NEGATIVE Ground Vehicle or a POSITIVE Ground? I have no idea about electrics?
The concept is fantastic and it looks very simple.
As you say the price is reasonable. I will check out how much to freight to Australia.
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Wayne B
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Wayne, we're a very negative mob here in Australia...
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Pommy cars were + earth but could be changed to - earth as long as the regulator was polarised ....FC427.....
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Mark, was this done by connecting the earth lead from the motor to (-) on batt, then very briefly touching the old (-) lead to the (+) on batt several times before clamping it on?
(I recall doing something like this to an old Rover 100 I had - just so I could fit a neg earth cassette player to it!)
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To polarise for NEGATIVE earth
Your battery's NEGATIVE terminal should be connected to the
chassis or frame.
Disconnect the D & F wires from the dynamo. Run a wire from the unearthed terminal on the battery (i.e. positive) and "flash" it onto the F terminal on the dynamo. By flash I mean brush it over the F terminal 2 or 3 times until a small blue spark can be seen.
Your dynamo's field is now polarised for negative earth
....FC427......
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