Regardless of you need to move house, go on holiday with a caravan, dispose of green waste, or have a hitch is pretty handy. On this page, we will show you the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Dacia Dokker . In actual fact, even if the installation procedure is not difficult, it is required to clarify some details to consider this work without any problem. Firstly, we will see 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 Dacia Dokker .
What’s the wiring harness for a Dacia Dokker hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Dacia Dokker?
So we will begin our content page by detailing the fundamentals of a wiring harness of a Dacia Dokker. In order to discover how it works, you must already discover its necessity. Whether you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is important and above 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 fulfill all the electrical regulations, you will need to install a wiring harness connection on the hitch trailer of your Dacia Dokker . We will focus on this in this article, if you want to learn how to install the hitch of a Dacia Dokker, please see our content page on this subject.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Dacia Dokker?
We will now fairly quickly show you how the electrical connection of your hitch works. The connection uses the 12-volt current from your motor vehicle to power the hitch lights on your Dacia Dokker. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a Dacia Dokker trailer, 7 pins : This is the classic plug that will be determined on all Dacia Dokker hitches. This electrical connection will allow you to transmit all the lighting functions needed for the rear signalling of your trailer, you will find 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 Dacia Dokker: This plug system is principally used for caravans that require 12 volts inside to supply the different electrical devices in the cabin. This kind 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 motor vehicle is switched on).
How do I hook up the wiring harness of a Dacia Dokker?
To end this content page, we will fairly quickly show you you how to make the connection of the wiring harness of your Dacia Dokker .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Dacia Dokker?
To install the wiring harness of an old Dacia Dokker, 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 most important steps to be accomplished:
- Take out the trunk lining from your Dacia Dokker 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 Dacia Dokker?
For modern Dacia Dokkers, the wiring harness is much less complicated to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will find specific ones for your Dacia Dokker 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.
- Take out the trunk lining from your Dacia Dokker so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Dacia Dokker 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 Dacia Dokker?
Finally, to end this content page we will fairly quickly show you you how to make the electrical connection of a caravan on your Dacia Dokker . To do this you will inevitably have to go through one of the previous steps, it’s up to you to choose 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.
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