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Old Oct 1, 2015 | 11:15 AM
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What are those? found out why my battery has been draining

My battery has been having trouble charging every since i bought the car 6 months ago and ive seen volts drop to 12 on occasion with just headlights on 11 with ac on well yesterday i saw this red wire connected to the fuse box i removed the fuse and started her up volts were up there and car ran way better with no dimming issues. My question is what is the purpose of it. it seems as if they grounded and ran 1 to the horn as well but my horn is still working with the fuse out.



The round one. On the driver side next to the headlight.

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Old Oct 1, 2015 | 01:24 PM
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Hard saying what its for, sure doesn't look factory
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Old Oct 1, 2015 | 01:41 PM
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not factory and no clue what it is, you'd have to see where the wiring and that vacuum line go to.
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Old Oct 1, 2015 | 01:55 PM
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Air horn?
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Old Oct 1, 2015 | 02:02 PM
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I traced the vacuum hoe and it goes to what looks to be a horn. I cant source where the other hose go without removing the bumper.
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Old Oct 1, 2015 | 02:05 PM
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Old Oct 1, 2015 | 02:06 PM
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Air horn?
you sir are correct

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Old Oct 1, 2015 | 03:29 PM
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so i ditched the air horn and resister that was next to it now my horn doesnt work anyone know how im supposed to wire it now he did splice one of the horn wires for the air horn. but im not sure whats wrong here.

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Old Oct 1, 2015 | 03:43 PM
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The largest plug of the CPU houses three wires for the horn. The Green/Red wire powers the horn. The Green/Orange wire goes to the horn switch located in the steering wheel. The Green/White wire in this plug powered by the 20 amp stop fuse powers the horn relay in the CPU. When the horn button in the steering wheel is depressed it causes the G/O wire to have a ground which activates the relay and causes voltage to flow onto the G/R wire and it activates the horn. The factory horn system does not use vacuum hoses.

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Old Oct 1, 2015 | 04:01 PM
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The largest plug of the CPU houses three wires for the horn. The Green/Red wire powers the horn. The Green/Orange wire goes to the horn switch located in the steering wheel. The Green/White wire in this plug powered by the 20 amp stop fuse powers the horn relay in the CPU. When the horn button in the steering wheel is depressed it causes the G/O wire to have a ground which activates the relay and causes voltage to flow onto the G/R wire and it activates the horn. The factory horn system does not use vacuum hoses.

thanks alot problem solved i had an issue with the ground.
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Old Oct 1, 2015 | 04:49 PM
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did it play dixie or the roach coach theme?
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Old Oct 1, 2015 | 05:07 PM
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chuck mangione..
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Old Oct 2, 2015 | 12:21 PM
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Showing your age, Styx! (Of course, I knew what you meant, so I guess I am as well. LOL)
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Old Oct 2, 2015 | 05:38 PM
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chuck mangione..
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Showing your age, Styx! (Of course, I knew what you meant, so I guess I am as well. LOL)
I was going to suggest Herb Alpert but am now glad I didn't.
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Old Oct 2, 2015 | 06:08 PM
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I was going to suggest Herb Alpert but am now glad I didn't.
But Herb liked his herb!
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Old Oct 2, 2015 | 09:31 PM
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Maybe theme from "The God Father" like those JDM Bosozoku do.
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Old Oct 3, 2015 | 01:08 AM
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heh..If it played Kenny G then It would be to get a TURBO!
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