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Alex J
13-06-15, 09:26 PM
Whats it for and were dose it plug into? I seem to have snapped mine of whilst changing the alternator, and cant see were it goes and what it dose, any pics would help cheers!

conza123
13-06-15, 09:31 PM
Pretty sure it just stops the static on the radio

meritlover
13-06-15, 09:46 PM
Ye its a choke or a capacitor. It stips the whine on AM/MW which im sure will be losing sleep over.

Alex J
13-06-15, 10:34 PM
So leave the wire off complete then and cut of the box?

meritlover
13-06-15, 10:59 PM
The box bormally has a rag which is earthed. The wire goes to the +terminal. So you can just remove the whole thing.

Stuart
13-06-15, 11:32 PM
It's a tracker to see what you get upto