Whether you need to move house, go on vacation with a caravan, dispose 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 Ford Crown Victoria . Indeed, regardless if the installation procedure is not difficult, it is required to explain some points to consider this work without any issue. First of all, we will find out what the electrical wiring harness of your car hitch contains, then, in a second step, how to make the electrical connection of the hitch of a Ford Crown Victoria .
What’s the wiring harness for a Ford Crown Victoria hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Ford Crown Victoria?
So we will start our content page by explaining the principles of a wiring harness of a Ford Crown Victoria. In order to understand how it works, you must previously understand its necessity. If you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is essential 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 meet all the electrical regulations, you will need to install a wiring harness connection on the hitch trailer of your Ford Crown Victoria . We will look into this in this article, if you want to discover how to install the hitch of a Ford Crown Victoria, please find out our content page on this subject.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Ford Crown Victoria?
We will now quickly describe how the electrical connection of your hitch works. The connection uses the 12-volt current from your car to power the hitch lights on your Ford Crown Victoria. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a Ford Crown Victoria trailer, 7 pins : This is the traditional plug that will be found on all Ford Crown Victoria hitches. This electrical connection will enable you to transmit all the lighting functions required for the rear signalling of your trailer, you will discover a plug for each function (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 Ford Crown Victoria: 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 Ford Crown Victoria?
To finish this content page, we will quickly describe you how to make the connection of the wiring harness of your Ford Crown Victoria .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Ford Crown Victoria?
To mount the wiring harness of an old Ford Crown Victoria, 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 car electrician for this intervention because it is difficult, but we will nevertheless summarize the main steps to be performed:
- Take out the trunk lining from your Ford Crown Victoria 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 Ford Crown Victoria?
For modern Ford Crown Victorias, the wiring harness is much easier to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will discover particular ones for your Ford Crown Victoria 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 Ford Crown Victoria so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Ford Crown Victoria 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 Ford Crown Victoria?
Finally, to finish this content page we will quickly describe you how to make the electrical connection of a caravan on your Ford Crown Victoria . 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 points 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 want more guides on the Ford Crown Victoria, go to our Ford Crown Victoria category.
