where does this wire go?

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where does this wire go?

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Does anyone know what this wire is / where it goes?

It is the brown one with electicians tape over its end. It has a female spade on the end. The black & brown (also seen on the photo) are from the + & - on my washer bottle pump.

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Post by Alan @ CanfordClassics »

It's hard to see if it is even Porsche. That black spiral band is also not Porsche. Have you checked a wiring diagram?

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its coming from the loom that runs from one headlight to the other. I'll have a check of a wiring diagram. There doesn't seem to be anywhere this wire could connect to.

Am I right that generally brown wires are earths?
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Post by Mick Cliff »

Original Porsche wiring has brown as earth.

What you have is probably not original wiring, so might be anything..

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Post by 912uk »

That rap in black is Electrical wrap for most jobs of tidyin up wire so I wouldn't be too worried about that.

Brown is normaly Earth Test it see if it is?
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Its an earth wire and should have an 8mm ring terminal on it. It attaches to the M8 stud that the battery earth attaches to
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so with my electics turned on, if if put my voltmeter on one end of the wire & the other end to a ground, it should read 12V?
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No. 0V
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told you I was crap at electrics :lol:

Now give me someting mechanincal ....
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