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Subject:Re: Loose black wire near fuse box?
From:jimt
Date:Sat, 19 Mar 2005 17:30:11 -0700

On 3/19/05 16:23, "Jack" <john.cook58@VERIZON.NET> wrote:

> Solid wire?  Not stranded?  If solid, it's almost certainly added by
> someone other than VW as I don't think they ever use solid wire for
> automotive electrics.  Someone will correct me if I'm wrong.  //Jack
> 
> On 19 Mar 2005 at 10:23, mark drillock wrote:
> 
>>  It's
>>> a solid black wire, about 10 or 8 gauge (one of the thickest wires in
>>> the area).
> 
> 

Just got through double checking but may have missed something.  I find no
wires of that size that don�t come from the battery or fan system.  And
these are red, not black.  There are some exceptions but normal for a euro
vehicle is brown/ground, red/battery, black/switched.  Anything that big in
gauge is not going to a switch.
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