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What is this on my battery??
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 5:46 pm
by Mattylad
Hello All,
Ok 10 points for the 1st person to tell me what this is on my battery, I have a sneaky suspicion of what it is but since I have never seen one its a pure guess and I dont want to suggest it as it may influence peoples answers lol.
Three pics below. the last is the loom coming out from the rear and attacching to the battery and going somewhere. lol.
Time starts now!!
Re: What is this on my battery??
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 6:01 pm
by g8dhe
Re: What is this on my battery??
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 6:24 pm
by scanner
It's a relay for auxiliary lights - PIAA make most of the lights used by WRC teams.
http://www.piaa.co.uk/
Re: What is this on my battery??
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 6:58 pm
by Mattylad
What auxilliary lights? lol hhmm.
Re: What is this on my battery??
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:02 pm
by scanner
Mattylad wrote:What auxilliary lights? lol hhmm.
Such things are well known to assume a cloak of invisibility when crossing large bodies of water, such as those between Japan and the UK.
Even if they aren't there now, they almost certainly were once.
Re: What is this on my battery??
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:39 pm
by Mattylad
Ah, so dya think this weird device can be removed without any issues?
Re: What is this on my battery??
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:00 pm
by scanner
Mattylad wrote:Ah, so dya think this weird device can be removed without any issues?
That all depends what it's connected to - it may be there to make the horn work, as when the original wiring packs up it's easiest to just by-pass it all with a new relay and wiring.
Try disconnecting it and see if anything stops working.
Re: What is this on my battery??
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 8:56 am
by lpgimports
yup PIAA relay probably had chrome bullbar and twin or dippable fancy spots on it and harvested by the importer.....