66 cig lighter question

[jocko]

So, bought a new lighter assy for my truck (mostly so I could temp plug a gps in and calibrate my speedometer, but that's not important...)

It came with TWO wires coming from the assy (vice one on my old one, which could explain why it wasn't working!)

The one that connected to the center was of course the hot wire which I plugged into the fuse block where the old lighter wiring connected. But there was a ground plug on the casing and a wire coming from a hump on the casing that wasn't there before.... Hmmm... So, I grounded it to the casing. It all works fine no sparks, lighter pops out when heated, etc etc. Seems a bit odd because the two wires were the same length and tied together - when IF I wired it correctly, one wire only needed to be about 3-4 inches....

Oh well, it's working and hasn't caught fire. Yet. I did hook it backwards accidentally first - and just for your own awareness, when hooked up backwards, the heater resistor element will GLOW BRIGHT WHITE! Ha! So, after I pulled my cranium outta my arse, I reversed em all and seems to be good.

Oh yeah - HERE's my question - these 3 clips came with the new lighter, have no idea what they go to - anyone??

(and if you see any stupidity in what you read above, feel free to splain it to me)

Thanks!