Where should this loose grey cable do near the dashboard fuse box go?

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Hi all,

This is my first car (2015 Citroen C3 II PureTech VTi 82), and today I wanted to install a backup mirror camera with a hardwire kit into the fuse box for power. I followed the instructions, looks like it went fine (it turns on and off with the ignition, and I didn't use any fuses that were used for things like airbags).

When I wanted to close the fuse box back up, I noticed a disconnected wire, wrapped with black cloth and a light grey connector. I don't see an obvious place where this should have been connected. One end of the connector has an "A" on it and the side says ">PA-66/6<".

Any idea where this should go?

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I noticed a disconnected wire, wrapped with black cloth and a light grey connector. I don't see an obvious place where this should have been connected
If it wasn't connected, don't connect it to anything and put it back where you found it.
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C3CAR wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 2:45 pm

I noticed a disconnected wire, wrapped with black cloth and a light grey connector. I don't see an obvious place where this should have been connected
If it wasn't connected, don't connect it to anything and put it back where you found it.
That's the thing, I'm not sure whether it was loose in the first place. It could be that it came loose when I connected the hardwire kit.
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Plugs don't come loose.

Unless you actually removed it then it's not used.

The C3 has lots of odd plugs that are not used on all models. Done of the base models are missing loads of features bit have the same plugs, just not connected.
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C3CAR wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 3:18 pm Plugs don't come loose.

Unless you actually removed it then it's not used.

The C3 has lots of odd plugs that are not used on all models. Done of the base models are missing loads of features bit have the same plugs, just not connected.
Ah, that makes sense. I certainly did not purposefully disconnect it. Nothing stopped working that worked before, so it probably just came this way. Thanks for the help!
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