If you need to move house, go on holiday with a caravan, dispose of green waste, or have a hitch is fairly handy. In this post, we will explain the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Citroen Jumpy . Indeed, even if the installation process is not complex, it is necessary to describe some points to consider this task without any problem. First of all, we will find out what the electrical wiring harness of your motor vehicle hitch consists of, then, in a second step, how to make the electrical connection of the hitch of a Citroen Jumpy .

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

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

So we will start our content by explaining the fundamentals of a wiring harness of a Citroen Jumpy. In order to figure out how it functions, you must previously 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 requirements, 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 Citroen Jumpy . We will look into this in this article, if you want to discover how to install the hitch of a Citroen Jumpy, please find out our content on this subject.

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

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 Citroen Jumpy. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:

  • The 7-pin electric plug for a Citroen Jumpy trailer, 7 pins : This is the traditional plug that will be located on all Citroen Jumpy hitches. This electrical connection will enable you to transmit all the lighting functions needed for the rear signalling of your trailer, you will locate 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 Citroen Jumpy: This plug system is mainly used for caravans that involve 12 volts inside to supply the different electrical equipment in the cabin. This sort of connection necessitates 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 Jumpy?

To conclude this content, we will fairly quickly explain you how to produce the connection of the wiring harness of your Citroen Jumpy .

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

To install the wiring harness of an old Citroen Jumpy, 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 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 Jumpy 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 Jumpy?

For new Citroen Jumpys, the wiring harness is much easier to connect:

  • You can use a multiplexable box, you will locate specific ones for your Citroen Jumpy 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 Jumpy so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Citroen Jumpy and connect them to your fuse box.
  • Install the circumstance 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 Jumpy?

Finally, to conclude this content we will fairly quickly explain you how to produce the electrical connection of a caravan on your Citroen Jumpy . To achieve this you will automatically 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 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.

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