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 Posted: 06-25-2008 04:38 pm
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Joel

 

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 On my car the purple wire definately goes thru the fuse box.  The same fuse for the horn and brake lights. 

Why, you may ask, do I know this?  I had someone do some work on the car and when I got it back all those circuits were dead.  I spent HOURS trying to figure out what they did.  I took it back and they spent HOURS trying to figure out what they did.  Eventually we hot wired the brake lights so they would work.

When I was installing my radio.  Whilst (hey it's a British car) in the Lotus position (feet up on the seat and head under the dash) I traced back the purple wire as it's supposed to be a hot.  And, lo and behold, it was trapped under a nut that had been tighted with the wire in the way.  A beautiful dead short - almost impossible to find.

After a quick splice - no problem.  No more blown fuses. 

So, the purple wire goes to the same fuse line as the brakes and horn.