OBC wiring Q?

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Post Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:43 pm

Before anybody says it i have spent half an hour searching and can't find the answer to this question!
I have just fitted a 13 button OBC in place of the 6 button.
No problems at all appart from having a few plugs with no homes under the glove box and under the bonnet.
The 2 inside the car are a large white double plug with a green wire and a green and red and a small black double plug with a brown/green and red/white wires. I have looked at the big white box thing and these don't seem to go in there?
The one under the bonnet is obviously on the same loom as the obc horn and temp sensor but it is a big twin plug with brown and brown/green wires going to it which are only long enough to reach the fuse box area or therabouts.
Any help appreciated but please no links i've searched the site :wink:
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Post Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:36 pm

dont worry about the black plug....i have a full loom in front of me and the black one is tied to the loom and defo wasnt connected to anything when i removed the loom.

cant help you with the green-green/red one as i cant remember what its connected to....but it think its something to do with the alarm from what brianmooore has said before....isnt green a switched live from the ignition?

the one under the bonnet is also a mystery to me as i cant find that on my loom.

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Post Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:53 pm

One under the bonnet near the fuse box isn't used.
If you don't want the CODE immobiliser and alarm function, the only bits you need to connect are the loom between the yellow cluster plug and the OBC, the single connector to the column switch, and the external temp sensor.
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Post Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:48 pm

Thanks Nick and Brian i guess i'm about done then 8)