Regardless of you need to move house, go on holiday with a caravan, get rid of of green waste, or have a hitch is fairly handy. In this post, we will describe the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Citroen C5 . In actual fact, even if the installation process is not difficult, it is necessary to describe some details to consider this intervention without any issue. First of all, we will discover what the electrical wiring harness of your car hitch involves, then, in a second step, how to make the electrical connection of the hitch of a Citroen C5 .

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What’s the wiring harness for a Citroen C5 hitch trailer?

Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Citroen C5?

So we will begin our article by explaining the fundamentals of a wiring harness of a Citroen C5. In order to figure out how it functions, you must already figure out its necessity. If you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is necessary and earlier all mandatory by the highway code to follow certain protocols, 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 regulations, you will need to install a wiring harness connection on the hitch trailer of your Citroen C5 . We will focus on this in this article, if you want to discover how to install the hitch of a Citroen C5, please discover our article on this theme.

What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Citroen C5?

We will now quickly describe how the electrical connection of your hitch functions. The connection uses the 12-volt current from your car to power the hitch lights on your Citroen C5. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:

  • The 7-pin electric plug for a Citroen C5 trailer, 7 pins : This is the classic plug that will be identified on all Citroen C5 hitches. This electrical connection will enable you to transmit all the lighting functions required for the rear signalling of your trailer, you will locate 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 C5: This plug system is mainly used for caravans that necessitate 12 volts inside to supply the different 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 Citroen C5?

To finish this article, we will quickly describe you how to produce the connection of the wiring harness of your Citroen C5 .

How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Citroen C5?

To mount the wiring harness of an old Citroen C5, you will have to go and get all the necessary cables in the rear lights of this one. We advise you to call in a car electrician for this intervention because it is difficult, but we will nevertheless summarize the main steps to be accomplished:

  • Remove the trunk lining from your Citroen C5 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 Citroen C5?

For modern Citroen C5s, the wiring harness is much simpler to connect:

  • You can use a multiplexable box, you will locate particular ones for your Citroen C5 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 Citroen C5 so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Citroen C5 and connect them to your fuse box.
  • Install the case in the trunk effectively.
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  • You don’t have to retrieve your cables from the trunk and connect them to your outlet.

How do you hook up the power to a trailer on Citroen C5?

Finally, to finish this article we will quickly describe you how to produce the electrical connection of a caravan on your Citroen C5 . To achieve this 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 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.

To find more tips on the Citroen C5, take a look at the Citroen C5 category.