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Mikel · Jul 29th, 2004, 05:38 PM

Pleae could anyone help.

I removed the plastic gear stick surround to allow me to run a cable from my ps2 to my stereo. As I did this I noticed a violet/red cable unconnected next to the cigarette lighter cables.

Should this be connected to anything? Or should I earth it to one of the bolts?

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

sjbartnik · Jul 30th, 2004, 02:37 AM

If everything is working, then it would seem that it should not be connected. Perhaps it's part of the harness that is unused for a feature your car does not have. You haven't mentioned that anything electrical is not working.

I would certainly not go connecting wires to ground unless I was damn sure they were ground wires.

kapps · Jul 30th, 2004, 02:58 AM

Could it be for the heated seats?

Mikel · Jul 30th, 2004, 09:15 AM

as far as i can tell everything is working fine. so maybe i'll just leave it for the time being

i do not have electric seats.

it just seems a bit strange as it has connector on the end of the wire which looks like it might fit over one of the nuts.

Jul 29th, 2004, 05:38 PM	#1
Mikel MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Feb 2003 Local Time: 11:06 PM Posts: 2 Offline	Where should the violet and red cable next to the cigarette lighter bew connected? Pleae could anyone help. I removed the plastic gear stick surround to allow me to run a cable from my ps2 to my stereo. As I did this I noticed a violet/red cable unconnected next to the cigarette lighter cables. Should this be connected to anything? Or should I earth it to one of the bolts? Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

Jul 30th, 2004, 02:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
sjbartnik MINI2 Senior Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Local Time: 07:06 PM Posts: 629 Offline	If everything is working, then it would seem that it should not be connected. Perhaps it's part of the harness that is unused for a feature your car does not have. You haven't mentioned that anything electrical is not working. I would certainly not go connecting wires to ground unless I was damn sure they were ground wires. Sean Bartnik 2003 MINI Cooper S

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Jul 30th, 2004, 02:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
kapps MINI2 Senior Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Jacksonville, FL Local Time: 07:06 PM Posts: 430 Offline	Could it be for the heated seats?

Jul 30th, 2004, 09:15 AM	#4 (permalink)
Mikel MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Feb 2003 Local Time: 11:06 PM Posts: 2 Offline	as far as i can tell everything is working fine. so maybe i'll just leave it for the time being i do not have electric seats. it just seems a bit strange as it has connector on the end of the wire which looks like it might fit over one of the nuts.

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