Regardless of you need to move house, go on vacation with a caravan, get rid of of green waste, or have a hitch is really handy. In this article, we will show you the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Citroen C4 Spacetourer . Obviously, even if the set up procedure is not complex, it is necessary to clarify some points to consider this work without any problem. 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 Citroen C4 Spacetourer .
What’s the wiring harness for a Citroen C4 Spacetourer hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Citroen C4 Spacetourer?
So we will commence our content page by detailing the basics of a wiring harness of a Citroen C4 Spacetourer. 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 regulations, you will need to install a wiring harness connection on the hitch trailer of your Citroen C4 Spacetourer . We will concentrate on this in this post, if you want to learn how to install the hitch of a Citroen C4 Spacetourer, please find out our content page on this topic.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Citroen C4 Spacetourer?
We will now quickly show you 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 Citroen C4 Spacetourer. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a Citroen C4 Spacetourer trailer, 7 pins : This is the classic plug that will be found on all Citroen C4 Spacetourer hitches. This electrical connection will enable you to transmit all the lighting functions necessary 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 Citroen C4 Spacetourer: This plug system is specifically used for caravans that require 12 volts inside to supply the various electrical equipment in the cabin. This sort 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 Citroen C4 Spacetourer?
To finish this content page, we will quickly show you you how to produce the connection of the wiring harness of your Citroen C4 Spacetourer .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Citroen C4 Spacetourer?
To mount the wiring harness of an old Citroen C4 Spacetourer, you will have to go and get all the necessary 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 complex, but we will nevertheless summarize the main steps to be performed:
- Remove the trunk lining from your Citroen C4 Spacetourer to access the rear light unit.
- Find 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 Citroen C4 Spacetourer?
For new Citroen C4 Spacetourers, the wiring harness is much less complicated to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will find particular ones for your Citroen C4 Spacetourer 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.
- Remove the trunk lining from your Citroen C4 Spacetourer so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Citroen C4 Spacetourer and connect them to your fuse box.
- Install the case in the trunk properly.
- 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 Citroen C4 Spacetourer?
Finally, to finish this content page we will quickly show you you how to produce the electrical connection of a caravan on your Citroen C4 Spacetourer . To get this done you will automatically have to go through one of the previous steps, it’s up to you to select the one that corresponds to 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.
If you need more tutorials on the Citroen C4 Spacetourer, go to our Citroen C4 Spacetourer category.
