Posted by KEB1 on June 08, 2011 at 20:59:07 from (97.124.137.158):
In Reply to: 6 volt posted by joe300chickens on June 08, 2011 at 19:40:28:
Joe,
Just read your previous post...can't believe that anybody would be dumb enough to think you should charge a battery backwards. At best, doing so will destroy the battery.
Old Fords (and a lot of other vehicles and farm equipment) did use a positive ground system, which means the positive post of the battery was connected to the chassis rather than the negative like most modern cars.
However, the way the battery is connected has absolutely nothing to do with the way the battery works internally...always, always, always charge a battery with the (+) terminal of the charger connected to the (+) terminal of the battery, regardless of which terminal is connected to the chassis.
Good luck with trying to recover the battery; it's worth a try, but even if you get it to take a charge in the correct polarity it probably won't last too much longer.
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