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Very respectful As I said; I've not checked it yet - the car is at my friend’s house and I didn't have enough charge on the battery to try anything. I'm trying to find out what these connectors are before I go back. They are hanging down under the dash - I said I noticed them. You open the bonnet from inside the car. Finally. Thank you. My first post said "I'm about to go and have a look once the battery has finished charging". I wasn't going to go and check half at a time. If an ammeter was fitted, these are generally inside the dash area; this is one example of why the charging circuit would run through the car (see my second post for this example) Or... a break in the charging circuit like my example could cause a flat battery. If these plugs when into a related instrument this would be the case. This was my question. Would you not also suggest checking across the terminals of the alternator? As I've said a few times "If I find 14v on the output of the alternator this will mean a fault is in the charging circuit." And if I were you I'd try and get some basic reading lessons. Kind Regards, Gary

Yes, I've said I'm going to test across the battery and will also test the output from the alternator. If I find 14v on the output of the alternator this will mean a fault is in the charging circuit. My question was; what are these plugs? And where/is there sockets to accept them? Are they a part of the charging circuit? I hear on a C2 there is a warning light that will come up if the charging circuit has failed(?). This means something must come through the firewall related to the charging circuit? But is this the whole charging circuit (to say, an ammeter? where the break could be?) or just an indication from the ECU or a fault relay? Cheers, Gary

Hello, I'm looking at my friends C2 for him... The battery wasn't holding charge so he replaced it but again the new one has not held charge. I'm about to go and have a look once the battery has finished charging so I can check the voltage across the battery when idle, fast idle and fast idle with load - basic alternator testing. I will also check it back to the alternator to prove that it isn't a fault in the circuit - but I think there might be!!! While in the car earlier today I noticed that there are some leads loose under the steering wheel. I'm not sure if this a break in the charging circuit or just spare leads for an optional accessory which wasn't fitted? There are three connectors that I could see. I've uploaded pictures below (image 3 and 4 are of the same connector): 1) http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/9020/dsc00082cp9.jpg 2) http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/2655/dsc00083av4.jpg 3) http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/1709/dsc00085bs7.jpg 4) http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/2181/dsc00086hz4.jpg I could not see where these went to. Any ideas what they are or where they go to? Cheers chaps, Gary