Help - Unidentified cable

[Guest]

Hello,

 

whilst fitting the interior today I noticed a few electrical cables hanging down into the passenger footwell from underneath the dash. I'm not entirely sure what they are for so if anyone could shed some light on it for me it would be appreciated.

 

Pic of cables

 

Many thanks

 

Tom

 

Edited by - Tomwoodis on 1 Sep 2013 23:04:13

[Steve-B]

Hi Tom,

 

Happy to try to help, but the permissions on the photos won't let me see them

[Guest]

Sorry Steve, think I used the wrong link. Try it again now as I've edited it

 

Cheers

 

Tom

[Jonathan Kay]

Do all of the switches do something yet?

 

I think there's an RW feed from fuse 5 to some of the switches.

 

Jonathan

[Jonathan Kay]

... and fuse 14 has a P feed to "Engine loom power feed"...

 

Jonathan

[CharlesElliott]

Tom - can you post the colours/trace colour on those cables? Difficult to be sure from the pic.

[CharlesElliott]

OK...found them. They are for a 12V accessory socket.

[Jonathan Kay]

Why are there two feeds? Is one of them lighting-switched for socket illumination?

 

Thanks

 

Jonathan

[CharlesElliott]

Jonathan - I haven't double checked, but yes, I am pretty sure that is correct.

[John Vine]

Quoting CharlesElliott: 

OK...found them. They are for a 12V accessory socket.

Yes, I agree. The wiring diagrams (righthand side) in the Assembly Guide show:

 

Fig 217 (Sigma): Power socket B15 (black) P179 (purple)

Fig 220 (Duratec - std dash): Power socket B15 (black) PG54 (purple, green trace)

 

The other wire (RW89/RW99 -- red/white) looks like a lighting feed but I haven't traced it yet.

 

JV

 

Edited by - John Vine on 2 Sep 2013 11:14:34

[Steve-B]

I have the same two leads under the dash in our 2001 SV. I've got the double onto our Cig lighter/ power socket, and the other is just taped up doing nothing.

 

So it appears that validates the consensus.

[Guest]

Well done everyone you are all spot on and thanks for the quick replies as always!

 

I've checked and indeed the additional 3rd wire is for illumination on the off chance that what you hook up is a cigratte lighter with an illuminated ring of some kind.

 

Thanks

 

Tom

 

 

[Martin J]

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[pugwash]

Thats handy to know. In my Sigma Supersport the same cables appear in the boot. I have seen some cars with a power socket mounted in the rear bulkhead and this is the cabling. I always wondered about the third cable as nothing happened when I put a meter on it.

 

Now I can have what every Caterham needs - a boot light! 😬