Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

by **Texas teardrop** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:27 pm

I bought some 12v (cigarette lighter) outlets and one wire is black and the other is black with a white stripe.. Which one is the positive? Thanks!

by **Geron** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:36 pm

OOPs!

by **mikeschn** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:12 pm

It should have been one black wire and one red wire.

If you treat the black wire as ground,

and the white stripped wire as hot,

I think you'll find that's what they intended.

Mike...

by **DaveandDebbie** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:03 pm

mikeschn wrote:It should have been one black wire and one red wire.

If you treat the black wire as ground,

and the white stripped wire as hot,

I think you'll find that's what they intended.

Mike...

Mike is right since they are both black they will normaly add a stripe or dashes to indicate positive but I never trust them I always check them with my meter :thinking:

by **Texas teardrop** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:13 pm

Thanks for the help.. I just took one apart and the black wire with the white line goes to the middle so that's the positive.

by **Gage** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:25 pm

Yep, that's what I was going to say. The one attached to the middle is positive and the one attached to the side is your ground reguardless of color. What is suppose to be is not always.

by **asianflava** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:26 pm

If in doubt, check it with a meter. In 12V the center is usually +.

by **Gage** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:27 am

Boy, two Bullshippers on the same thread. This thread is doombed. :rofl:

By the way, thanks for the lesson Rocky. :thumbsup:

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