If 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 Jaguar F-Type . Indeed, regardless if the installation procedure is not complex, it is required to clarify some points to consider this intervention without any problem. First of all, we will discover what the electrical wiring harness of your car hitch consists of, then, in a second step, how to make the electrical connection of the hitch of a Jaguar F-Type .
What’s the wiring harness for a Jaguar F-Type hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Jaguar F-Type?
So we will begin our article by detailing the principles of a wiring harness of a Jaguar F-Type. In order to understand how it works, you must already understand its necessity. Whether you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is necessary 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 meet all the electrical regulations, you will need to install a wiring harness connection on the hitch trailer of your Jaguar F-Type . We will focus on this in this post, if you want to learn how to install the hitch of a Jaguar F-Type, please discover our article on this topic.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Jaguar F-Type?
We will now fairly quickly show you 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 Jaguar F-Type. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a Jaguar F-Type trailer, 7 pins : This is the classic plug that will be determined on all Jaguar F-Type hitches. This electrical connection will allow you to transmit all the lighting functions required for the rear signalling of your trailer, you will find 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 Jaguar F-Type: This plug system is principally used for caravans that involve 12 volts inside to supply the different electrical devices in the cabin. This type 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 Jaguar F-Type?
To conclude this article, we will fairly quickly show you you how to make the connection of the wiring harness of your Jaguar F-Type .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Jaguar F-Type?
To install the wiring harness of an old Jaguar F-Type, you will have to go and get all the required cables in the rear lights of this one. We recommend you to call in a car electrician for this intervention because it is complex, but we will nevertheless summarize the main steps to be accomplished:
- Remove the trunk lining from your Jaguar F-Type to access the rear light unit.
- Locate 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 Jaguar F-Type?
For new Jaguar F-Types, the wiring harness is much less complicated to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will find particular ones for your Jaguar F-Type 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 Jaguar F-Type so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Jaguar F-Type 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 Jaguar F-Type?
Finally, to conclude this article we will fairly quickly show you you how to make the electrical connection of a caravan on your Jaguar F-Type . 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 points 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.
If you wish more tutorials on the Jaguar F-Type, go to our Jaguar F-Type category.
