If you need to move house, go on vacation with a caravan, get rid of of green waste, or have a hitch is fairly handy. In this article, we will explain the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Mitsubishi Eclipse . Obviously, regardless if the installation procedure is not difficult, it is required to explain some details to consider this intervention without any issue. First of all, we will discover what the electrical wiring harness of your motor vehicle hitch contains, then, in a second step, how to make the electrical connection of the hitch of a Mitsubishi Eclipse .
What’s the wiring harness for a Mitsubishi Eclipse hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Mitsubishi Eclipse?
So we will commence our content by detailing the basics of a wiring harness of a Mitsubishi Eclipse. In order to discover how it functions, you must already discover its necessity. If you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is important and above all mandatory by the highway code to follow certain rules, here they are:
- A solid chassis for the trailer…
- Wheels that fit.
- An electrical connection.
- A license plate in plain sight.
- A stoplight repeater.
- A traffic light repeater.
- A blinker repeater.
- License plate illumination.
- A fog light repeater.
In order to fulfill all the electrical requirements, you will need to install a wiring harness connection on the hitch trailer of your Mitsubishi Eclipse . We will look into this in this article, if you want to find out how to install the hitch of a Mitsubishi Eclipse, please discover our content on this subject.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Mitsubishi Eclipse?
We will now fairly quickly explain how the electrical connection of your hitch functions. The connection uses the 12-volt current from your motor vehicle to power the hitch lights on your Mitsubishi Eclipse. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a Mitsubishi Eclipse trailer, 7 pins : This is the traditional plug that will be found on all Mitsubishi Eclipse hitches. This electrical connection will enable you to transmit all the lighting functions required for the rear signalling of your trailer, you will discover a plug for each action (left and right indicators, ground, fog light, left and right position light, left and right brake light).
- Electrical connection for caravan with 13-pin plug for Mitsubishi Eclipse: This plug system is principally used for caravans that involve 12 volts inside to supply the different electrical equipment in the cabin. This type of connection requires the use of an adapter. The extra pins will bring the 12 volt power permanently (to recharge a battery in the caravan) and the 12 volt power in use (to use the 12 volt equipment when the motor vehicle is switched on).
How do I hook up the wiring harness of a Mitsubishi Eclipse?
To finish this content, we will fairly quickly explain you how to make the connection of the wiring harness of your Mitsubishi Eclipse .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Mitsubishi Eclipse?
To install the wiring harness of an old Mitsubishi Eclipse, you will have to go and get all the required cables in the rear lights of this one. We suggest you to call in a motor vehicle electrician to do this intervention because it is difficult, but we will nevertheless summarize the main steps to be accomplished:
- Remove the trunk lining from your Mitsubishi Eclipse to access the rear light unit.
- Locate the wires that correspond to each of the taillight functions.
- Connect them to the lugs on the wiring harness on your hitch.
- Close the whole thing down.
How do you connect the wiring harness of a recent Mitsubishi Eclipse?
For recent Mitsubishi Eclipses, the wiring harness is much easier to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will discover specific ones for your Mitsubishi Eclipse and universal models. It’s up to you to choose according to your budget, know that a universal version costs between 30 and 60 euros.
- Remove the trunk lining from your Mitsubishi Eclipse so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Mitsubishi Eclipse and connect them to your fuse box.
- Install the case in the trunk effectively.
- You don’t have to retrieve your cables from the trunk and connect them to your outlet.
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How do you hook up the power to a trailer on Mitsubishi Eclipse?
Finally, to finish this content we will fairly quickly explain you how to make the electrical connection of a caravan on your Mitsubishi Eclipse . To get this done you will inevitably have to go through one of the previous steps, it’s up to you to choose the one that means your model and your budget. After you have done this, the last step will be to buy an adapter that goes from a 7-pin plug to a 13-pin plug so that you can benefit from the 12 volt current in your caravan. These adapters come at different prices, you will need to count between 15 and 40 euros. All you have to do is plug it into your 7-pin plug.
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