Air conditioner compressor wires

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I recently purchased this truck and was cleaning up some wiring spaghetti under the hood. I removed the compressor wires but don’t remember which terminal is positive and which is negative. Help please.
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Coil does not really care which is gnd. When current flows it will pull the clutch in. But I would insulate the positive wire.
 

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Add a diode to protect your other electronics. They can be had from any auto parts store.
 

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IIRC, on my compressor the black wire is grounded to the body of the compressor.
 

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I recently purchased this truck and was cleaning up some wiring spaghetti under the hood. I removed the compressor wires but don’t remember which terminal is positive and which is negative. Help please.
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N.M. already covered
 

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