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Old 07-05-2009, 07:52 AM   #11
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Re: Why ground from the negative terminal?

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Originally Posted by CL8 View Post
From my research all auto manufacturers have negative grounding now to standardize the system.

Most of the electrical (I think you could even say all) parts in your car are made by a variety of 3rd party manufactorers.
This is why things became standardised.
I think you will find that most of the parts manufactorers started using a negative earth because that is a general standard in electrial engineering.
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