Rear Electrical Centre 701 (REC)

Rear Electrical Centre 701 (REC)

Location
The electrical centre is located in the luggage compartment on the left-hand wheel housing.

Main task
Act as the electrical centre for the rear of the car and the roof, and perform certain logic functions such as for the rear lighting.

Type
Electrical centre with relays, Maxi and micro fuses and an integrated control module for logic functions. Wiring for a trailer connector is connected to the electrical centre.

Connect
The electrical centre is fed with a +30 supply from the engine bay electrical centre (342) and grounded to grounding points G3 and G29. The electrical centre is connected to the wiring harness via 7 connectors:

1. Body 1 (in diagram = B1) to main wiring harness

2. Body 2 (in diagram = B2) to main wiring harness

3. Body 3 (in diagram = B3) to main wiring harness

4. Head 1 (in diagram = H1) to roof wiring harness

5. Head 2 (in diagram = H2) to roof wiring harness

6. Rear (in diagram = R) to rear wiring harness

7. Tail (in diagram - T) to:
4D: parcel shelf harness
CV: rear harness

The connectors for the main, parcel shelf and rear wiring harnesses each comprise four connectors, which are named A, B, C and D in the wiring diagrams, for example B1-B.

The TR-WH connector is used for a trailer connector. In some cases a special module, TR-MOD, is required.

The electrical centre contains the following power circuits:
+30 power supply, rear electrical centre
+15 power supply, rear electrical centre

Fuses