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Originally Posted by AustinP
2) There is a loose wire pair behind the battery, one green wire, one black, with a connector on the end (loose as in, not plugged into anything). I looked and could see no obvious mate. The tail lights all work, wiring appears complete (comparing left and right tail lights), and everything seems to work (well, except #1 above, but hard to imagine it could be related given the location). I've only traced the wire pair back to the engine compartment. Anyone know the story on this?
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Originally Posted by Scrumpot
As far as your #2:
That is for your battery minder/charger accessory. My dealer (S&S) provided one to me with the car. Sounds like yours is pre-wired for it, and if not provided, I would still reccomend picking one up. These little batteries really hate to sit for any extended period of time without at least a trickle charge being applied to them, that this pre-wired accessory does for you.
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That green/black wire with connector is not a pre-wired battery minder connector. Please don't hook one up to it and expect your battery to be charged/conditioned for the next several months.
It is the wiring for the Elise 3rd brake light (the high one above the rear window in the Elise) which is obviously unused in the Exige. The Elise has an unused wire w/ connector at the back of the boot that corresponds to the Exige 3rd brake light wire at the back of the clam. Both cars share the same harnessing/wiring for the brake lights and as such there is one unused connector in each car.
FWIW, my stock Exide battery has not had a problem with loss of charge with several weeks of non-use at a time, however, a battery minder/tender is a good idea. A trickle charger is not.
Cheers,
RD
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