Whether you need to move house, go on holiday with a caravan, dispose of green waste, or have a hitch is pretty handy. In this article, we will describe the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Alfa Romeo Gt . In actual fact, even if the installation procedure is not complex, it is necessary to describe some details to consider this work without any issue. First of all, we will find out what the electrical wiring harness of your motor vehicle hitch involves, then, in a second step, how to make the electrical connection of the hitch of a Alfa Romeo Gt .
What’s the wiring harness for a Alfa Romeo Gt hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Alfa Romeo Gt?
So we will start our content by detailing the principles of a wiring harness of a Alfa Romeo Gt. In order to understand how it functions, you must previously understand its necessity. Whether you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is important and above all mandatory by the highway code to respect 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 satisfy all the electrical requirements, you will need to install a wiring harness connection on the hitch trailer of your Alfa Romeo Gt . We will focus on this in this post, if you want to discover how to install the hitch of a Alfa Romeo Gt, please find out our content on this theme.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Alfa Romeo Gt?
We will now fairly quickly describe 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 Alfa Romeo Gt. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a Alfa Romeo Gt trailer, 7 pins : This is the traditional plug that will be identified on all Alfa Romeo Gt hitches. This electrical connection will allow you to transmit all the lighting functions required for the rear signalling of your trailer, you will find a plug for each objective (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 Alfa Romeo Gt: This plug system is mainly used for caravans that involve 12 volts inside to supply the various electrical devices in the cabin. This kind of connection needs 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 car is switched on).
How do I hook up the wiring harness of a Alfa Romeo Gt?
To conclude this content, we will fairly quickly describe you how to produce the connection of the wiring harness of your Alfa Romeo Gt .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Alfa Romeo Gt?
To install the wiring harness of an old Alfa Romeo Gt, you will have to go and get all the necessary cables in the rear lights of this one. We recommend you to call in a motor vehicle electrician for this intervention because it is complex, but we will nevertheless summarize the main steps to be performed:
- Take out the trunk lining from your Alfa Romeo Gt to access the rear light unit.
- Identify 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 Alfa Romeo Gt?
For recent Alfa Romeo Gts, the wiring harness is much easier to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will find particular ones for your Alfa Romeo Gt and universal models. It’s up to you to select according to your budget, know that a universal version costs between 30 and 60 euros.
- Take out the trunk lining from your Alfa Romeo Gt so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Alfa Romeo Gt and connect them to your fuse box.
- Install the circumstance 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 Alfa Romeo Gt?
Finally, to conclude this content we will fairly quickly describe you how to produce the electrical connection of a caravan on your Alfa Romeo Gt . To get this done you will inevitably have to go through one of the previous steps, it’s up to you to select the one that means your model and your budget. After you have conducted 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.
Whenever you have any further questions about the Alfa Romeo Gt, do not hesitate to consult our Alfa Romeo Gt category.
