Strange lead on negative terminal

[Pipkin38]

Hi Chaps

I have found a 3 pin lead and plug in the battery bay of my 23i
I thought that maybe I had dislodged it so I have reconnected it to the negative terimal.

Seems to make no difference......yet

So the question is what exactly does it do?

Previous threads have mentioned an ability to disable parts of the alarm during transit but this lead is more substantial and plugs into the terminal itself

Unfortunately I still havent figured out how to post a photo after the photobucket fiasco

Many thanks

Pip

[Stuartt]

If it plugs onto the something like a black box built onto the negative lead terminal it will be the battery monitoring system, the car probably has Stop/Start and an AGM BATTERY. The car uses this to monitor the state af the battery so it doesn't switch the car off when you pull up if the battery won't start it again.

Stuart

[Pipkin38]

https://1drv.ms/i/s!AqClAKN8Dh4zgzXPwHAHJiFng3VN

Many thanks stuartt

Not sure if the above link from one drive is working

Pip

[Stuartt]

https://1drv.ms/i/s!AqClAKN8Dh4zgzXPwHAHJiFng3VN

Many thanks stuartt

Not sure if the above link from one drive is working

Pip

Yup it works sort of, have a read of this thread and it will explain how to upload pics

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=88363&hilit=Photos

Stuart

[Pipkin38]

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Proper job

Thanks for the quick reply and photo advice stuartt

Steve.

[Stuartt]

20170729_172256.jpg

Proper job

Thanks for the quick reply and photo advice stuartt

Steve.

No problem Steve, glad to be of assistance

Stuart