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where does this wire go?
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:39 pm
by hot66
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.
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:51 pm
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?
Alan
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:54 pm
by hot66
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?
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:07 pm
by Mick Cliff
Original Porsche wiring has brown as earth.
What you have is probably not original wiring, so might be anything..
Helpful as ever?!
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:44 pm
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?
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:40 am
by Nick Moss
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
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:42 am
by hot66
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?
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:45 am
by Nick Moss
No. 0V
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:20 am
by hot66
told you I was crap at electrics
Now give me someting mechanincal ....